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red⋅skin

[red-skin]
–noun Slang: Often Disparaging and Offensive.
a North American Indian.

Origin:
1690–1700, Americanism; red 1 + skin
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red·skin   (rěd'skĭn')   
n.   Offensive Slang
Used as a disparaging term for a Native American.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

redskin 
"American Indian," 1699. Red as the skin color of Native Americans is from 1587; red man is from 1587.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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