red man

1. 1.

   (slang) offensive term for Native Americans

   SynonymsRedskinInjun

   BroaderAmerindian

   disparagement · slang

Questions about red man

What does red man mean?

red man means "(slang) offensive term for Native Americans".

What is another word for red man?

Close synonyms include Redskin, Injun. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is red man a common word?

red man is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.