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# redskin

«redskin» in Mova's school dictionary: **An old, rude name for a Native American; it must not be…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (redskins)

### meaning for a pupil

(old and offensive) An old, rude name for a Native American; it must not be used now. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redskin/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in old stories and films, a term used by settlers; it is now offensive, so use the person's own name or nation

### examples

- Old stories sometimes used the word redskins; we now say Native American or name the nation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redskin/#x1)
- Now we know why she was prejudiced against the redskins. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redskin/#x2)
- Please do not use that offensive word. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redskin/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «redskin» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redskin/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.