"tree nigger" meaning in All languages combined

See tree nigger on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: tree niggers [plural]
Etymology: tree + nigger Head templates: {{en-noun}} tree nigger (plural tree niggers)
  1. (ethnic slur, derogatory, slang) A Native American person Tags: derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur Related terms: prairie nigger, red nigger, redskin, timber nigger
    Sense id: en-tree_nigger-en-noun-g3hAv8IL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English ethnic slurs, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1862, Supplement to the Courant, page 88:",
          "text": "sacred soil contaminated by tree nigger babies",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1994, Milwaukee Magazine Volume 19, Issues 7-12, page xlviii:",
          "text": "lest the town constable see him off the reservation and chase him out of town. He was ever fearful that someone would call him a \"tree nigger\" or worse.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, John Fitzgerald, The Revenant, 31m:",
          "text": "He shouldn't have fired a shot, the whole place is crawling with fucking tree niggers.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        {
          "word": "red nigger"
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