Redbone

//ˈɹɛd.boʊn// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A dark-red or tan coonhound. US
  2. 2
    A member of any of several specific North American ethnic groups called Redbones
  3. 3
    a speedy red or red-and-tan American hound wordnet
  4. 4
    An African American with light skin with red undertones. Louisiana, US

    "Redbones are commonly supposed to represent a fusion of the Indian, Negro, and white races […]"

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"Redbones are commonly supposed to represent a fusion of the Indian, Negro, and white races […]"

Etymology

From red + bone.

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african americanhigh yellowyellow bone

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