English

Noun

timber nigger ‎(plural timber niggers)

1. (ethnic slur, derogatory, slang) A Native American person, especially one of Ojibwe descent.
   • 2004, Mary Relindes Ellis, The Turtle Warrior, Penguin Books (2005), ISBN 9780143034520, page 161:

     Or like his neighbor Morriseau, who probably got a government subsidy because he was a timber nigger.

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:timber nigger.

Synonyms

• (ethnic slur for Native American person): redskin

References

1. ↑ "As spears of racism pierce the north", The Milwaukee Journal, 13 May 1989
2. ↑ Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, & Terry Victor, The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, Routledge (2008), ISBN 9780415212595, page 652
3. ↑ Philip H. Herbst, The Color of Words: An Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Ethnic Bias in the United States, Intercultural Press (1997), ISBN 1877864420, page 217