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redskin definition

red·skin (red′skin′)

noun

  1. a kind of white potato that has a reddish skin
    in full redskin potato
  2. an American Indian: now considered by many to be an offensive term

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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