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noun
An aboriginal native of the Americas of pre-Columbian lineage. An Indian, Amerind(ian), American Indian, a Native American.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, offensive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Indian, American Indian
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Amerindian, Native American
Narrower terms: Algonquian, Algonquin, Anasazi, Athapaskan, Athapascan, Athabaskan, Athabascan, Mayan, Maya, Nahuatl, Olmec, Zapotec, Zapotecan, Plains Indian, Buffalo Indian, Chickasaw, Coeur d'Alene, Creek, Haida, Hokan, Hoka, Iroquois, Muskhogean, Muskogean, Penutian, Pueblo, Redskin, Injun, red man, Salish, Shoshone, Shoshoni, Taracahitian, Tlingit, Wakashan, Aleut, Aleutian, Eskimo, Esquimau, Inuit, Paleo-American, Paleo-Amerind, Paleo-Indian, sannup, squaw
History
See redskin for details about the etymology.
