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prairie niggers

prairie niggers is the plural of prairie nigger.

Meaning of prairie nigger

Noun

prairie nigger (plural prairie niggers)

  1. (derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur) A Native American person, especially one from the nations native to Great Plains, such as the Apache, Sioux, Pawnee and Crow.
    • As I turn away with my purchase, I hear him mutter something and I stop. I thought I heard it, but I wasn't sure I heard it. Prairie nigger.1994, Louise Erdrich, The Bingo Palace, HarperCollinsPublishers, →ISBN, page 71
    Synonyms:
    red nigger, tree nigger, redskin, timber nigger, wagon-burner

Questions about prairie niggers

What is prairie niggers the plural of?
Prairie niggers is the plural of prairie nigger.

Words near prairie niggers in the dictionary

  1. prairie lakes
  2. prairie lily
  3. prairie meet
  4. prairie meets
  5. prairie nigger
  6. prairie niggers
  7. prairie oyster
  8. prairie oysters
  9. prairie pasqueflower
  10. prairie pine
  11. prairie plum

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