Dictionary

redbone en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɹɛd.boʊn/ (General-American)

Etymology

From red + bone.

Meanings

1. (US) A dark-red or tan coonhound.
2. (Louisiana, US) An African American with light skin with red undertones.
   • I can joke about being a redbone, and I am that. But most folks don't make no distinction between a redbone and a colored man, unless it's to their benefit. 2012, Gerald Duff, Dirty Rice: A Season in the Evangeline League, page 238:
   • Redbones are commonly supposed to represent a fusion of the Indian, Negro, and white races […] 1936, LA bulletin: Agricultural Experiment Station of the Louisiana State University & A. & M. College, numbers 268-293, page 13:
   • The store attracted countless colorful characters, including Native Americans, wild-cowboy Texans, Chinese laborers, and “redbones,” the offspring of African Americans and Native Americans. 2009, Janet Allured, Judith F. Gentry, Louisiana Women: Their Lives and Times, page 122:

Forms

Relateds

yellow bone · high yellow

Translations (1)

fi punainenpesukarhukoira (dog breed)