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Definition of Red man
1. Noun. (slang) offensive term for Native Americans.
Language type: Depreciation, Derogation, Disparagement, Argot, Cant, Jargon, Lingo, Patois, Slang, Vernacular
Generic synonyms: American Indian, Indian, Red Indian
Lexicographical Neighbors of Red Man
Literary usage of Red man
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Southern Literary Messenger by Carnegie-Mellon University, School of Computer Science (1843)
"The red man roves the forest wide, Where all his wants are cheap suppli'd.
And in coo] shades, sunshine, or breeze, Dozes away a life of ease, ..."
2. The Nineteenth Century (1885)
"THE red man. THE hackneyed question of mental capacity, relative and positive,
of the Ked Man ... Well may the abused red man look upward, and take courage. ..."
3. Personal Recollections and Observations of General Nelson A. Miles by Nelson Appleton Miles, Marion Perry Maus (1896)
"N the origin of the red man history is silent, although there are ruins in America
... It is probable that he whom we call the Indian, the red man of North ..."
4. Heroes and Heroines of Fiction, Classical Mediæval, Legendary: Famous by William Shepard Walsh (1915)
"Chamberlain's Anecdotes of Napoleon and his Court tells this story: In the month
of January, 1812 (the winter preceding the Russian campaign), the red man ..."
5. Thomas Nast: His Period and His Pictures by Albert Bigelow Paine (1904)
"... SOUND FOOTING GIVE THE red man A CHANCE the terms of the bargain were not
known, it was assumed that nothing short of the New York state patronage would ..."
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