REDBONE meaning: Light-skinned person of Black descent

We found 16 dictionaries that define the word redbone:

General (13 matching dictionaries)

redbone: Merriam-Webster
redbone: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
redbone: Collins English Dictionary
redbone: Vocabulary.com
Redbone: Wordnik
Redbone, redbone: Wiktionary
redbone: Infoplease Dictionary
redbone: Dictionary.com
Redbone (album), Redbone (band), Redbone (disambiguation), Redbone (ethnicity), Redbone (song), Redbone: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
redbone: Rhymezone
redbone: FreeDictionary.org
redbone: Mnemonic Dictionary
redbone: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)

Redbone (offensive): Racial Slur Database
redbone, redbone: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
Redbone: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Redbone)

▸ noun:  (US) A dark-red or tan coonhound.
▸ noun:  (US, Louisiana) An African American with light skin with red undertones.
▸ noun:  A member of any of several specific North American ethnic groups called Redbones

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blueblood, noble, patrician

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Phrases:

Redbone Coonhound, Leon Redbone, Redbone discography, more...

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