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1n.
a North American Indian.
Quotations
1878
"An' we knew old Tom was rite, so we lit up agin, an' then we diskivered four reds in the teepee."
1921
But the instinct for killing sometimes led both Whites and Reds to engage in useless slaughter.
2n.
in colonial times, a member of the faction opposing the governor and his Tory followers.
Quotations
1875
The downfall of Sir George Cartier, the union between the [ultramontanes] and the Reds of Quebec, and the formation of the League in Ontario, give a new complexion to the soi-disant Liberalism of the Globe.
1962
Since Confederation we have heard the same old story, have changed from red to blue and blue to red.