Meaning of prairie nigger | Babel Free

Definitions

A Native American person, especially one from the nations native to Great Plains, such as the Apache, Sioux, Pawnee and Crow.

derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur

Examples

“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.”

“"I know he's a damned Kiowa, mister, and that's all I have to know about that prairie nigger."”

“[…] 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!" […]”

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