Copperskin
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A Native American; American Indian. derogatory
""language was not created until the several types of race had been fully fixed and determined. The Xanthocroid and the Melanocroid, the white Albino and the American copperskin existed with their features already fixed and enduring before the first community evolved the infantile language of mankind.""
Example
More examples""language was not created until the several types of race had been fully fixed and determined. The Xanthocroid and the Melanocroid, the white Albino and the American copperskin existed with their features already fixed and enduring before the first community evolved the infantile language of mankind.""
Etymology
From copper + skin, based on their skin tone.
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