redman

Noun

red man (plural red men)

1. (ethnic, offensive, slur) An American Indian; a Native American.
   • The Sacred Circles show was heavily into myth, especially the current myth of the Red Man as mystic.1977, Angela Carter, “That Arizona Home”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 337

   Synonyms:

   redskin, American Indian, Amerind, Amerindian, First American, Indian, Indigenous American, Indigenous North American, Injun, Native American

2. (Ireland, UK) A small figure of a standing man illuminated in red on a traffic light at a pedestrian crossing, indicating that it is not safe to cross the road.
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see red, man.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:red man.