Dictionary

injun en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɪn.dʒən/ (US)
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Etymology

Variant of Indian. Compare Cajun. First attested in the 1805–15.

Meanings

1. (US, offensive, slang) A Native American.
   • We'll kill ourselves an injun, and maybe two or three! 1995, Pocahontas, spoken by John Smith:
   • You want a problem, well I guess we got one now / I really don't know how / There's injuns over every goddamn hill 1999, “What Do You Want Me to Say?”, in Emergency & I, performed by the Dismemberment Plan:
   • Instead of grudgingly admitting the “Injuns” weren’t so bad after all, it actually explores the conflicted culpability of individual white Americans. 2024 February 2, Ellen E. Jones, “Beyond the pale: where are all the films about ‘whiteness’?”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

honest injun