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prairie nigger en · NOUN

Etymology

From prairie, the chief habitat of Native American peoples of the Great Plains, and nigger.

Meanings

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.
   • […] I don't have to listen to some prairie nigger whine about ethics. Go drink it out on a reservation," Amanda said, breaking for the stairs. "I'm Sicilian," Luca corrected. "I don't care what tribe you're from!" […] 2011, James Robb, Corona Rapture, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 53:
   • "I know he's a damned Kiowa, mister, and that's all I have to know about that prairie nigger." 2004, Johnny D. Boggs, Spark on the Prairie, Thorndike Press, →ISBN, page 293:
   • 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:

Forms

Synonyms

timber nigger (ethnic slur for Native American person) · red nigger (ethnic slur for Native American person) · redskin (ethnic slur for Native American person) · wagon-burner (ethnic slur for Native American person) · tree nigger (ethnic slur for Native American person)