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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
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A style of theatrical makeup in which a white actor reddens the face in order to portray a Native American.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Redface"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| roachnoun | (US) A cockroach. |
| redbonenoun | (US) A dark-red or tan coonhound. |
| redmannoun | A surname. |
| rubedonoun | (medicine) A diffused redness of the skin; blushing or flushing. |
| rubefaciencenoun | (dated, formal) redness |
| rubefactionnoun | reddening, the act or process of making red. |
| redheadnoun | A person with red hair. |
| rufousnessnoun | The quality of being rufous or reddish. |
| erubescencenoun | Redness 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. |
| reddlenoun | Red 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 rednoun | rouge (the cosmetic) |
| rufescencenoun | The quality of being rufescent; reddishness. |
| redophilenoun | (slang) A person who is attracted to redheads. |
| blackridenoun | A 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 tribenoun | A loosely-defined culture in the United States associated with small-town culture and the Republican Party. |
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