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Redface

A style of theatrical makeup in which a white actor reddens the face in order to portray a Native American.

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noun
  1. 1

    A style of theatrical makeup in which a white actor reddens the face in order to portray a Native American.

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roachnoun(US) A cockroach.
redbonenoun(US) A dark-red or tan coonhound.
redmannounA surname.
rubedonoun(medicine) A diffused redness of the skin; blushing or flushing.
rubefaciencenoun(dated, formal) redness
rubefactionnounreddening, the act or process of making red.
redheadnounA person with red hair.
rufousnessnounThe quality of being rufous or reddish.
erubescencenounRedness of the skin or surface of anything; a blushing.
red-eyenoun(countable, US, aviation, travel, colloquial, also attributively) An overnight airplane flight or train trip.
reddlenounRed ochre, historically used to mark sheep
reverse pandanoun(informal) An undesired effect involving light makeup applied around the eyes appearing as white circles or patches, especially in a photograph or video due to intense lighting or a camera flash.
red-gumnoun(medicine) A rash in infants marked by red or sometimes whitish papules surrounded by reddish halos and popularly associated with teething distress; strophulus.
french rednounrouge (the cosmetic)
rufescencenounThe quality of being rufescent; reddishness.
redophilenoun(slang) A person who is attracted to redheads.
blackridenounA student prank in the early 1800s that involved students wearing red coats, blackening their faces, and riding about campus with torches at night on horses stolen from the faculty.
redfellanoun(informal) A member of the Russian mafia.
redneckesenoun(informal) The style of language stereotypically used by rednecks.
red tribenounA loosely-defined culture in the United States associated with small-town culture and the Republican Party.

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