tree nigger

tree nigger

English

Etymology

tree + nigger

Noun

tree nigger (plural tree niggers)

1. (ethnic slur, derogatory, slang) A Native American person
   • 1862 Supplement to the Courant page 88

     sacred soil contaminated by tree nigger babies

   • 1994 Milwaukee Magazine Volume 19, Issues 7-12 page xlviii

     lest the town constable see him off the reservation and chase him out of town. He was ever fearful that someone would call him a "tree nigger" or worse.

   • 2015 John Fitzgerald The Revenant 31m

     He shouldn't have fired a shot, the whole place is crawling with fucking tree niggers.

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