prairie nigger

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prairie nigger

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From prairie, the chief habitat of Native American peoples of the Great Plains, and nigger.

noun prairie niggers

derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur A Native American person, especially one from the nations native to Great Plains, such as the Apache, Sioux, Pawnee and Crow. 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.
Similar: red nigger, tree nigger, redskin, timber nigger, wagon-burner

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@misc{prairie_nigger_2026,
  title = {prairie nigger},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/prairie%20nigger},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}