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Red Man 
1 † erroneously, any North American Indian.
See also: Red Indian (def. 2 and note)
- 1840 . . . when they saw themselves outnumbered by the Red-men, they retired. . . .
- 1965 The Red Men, believing that the creature was "Matchi Manitou" --the evil spirit--slew it and its blood flowed into the lakes, dyeing the water red.
2 Hist. a member of the Beothuk people, a now-extinct race inhabiting Newfoundland during the early settlement period.
See also: Red Indian (def. 1)
- 1955 They [Beothucks] were described as of ordinary height--yet there are recorded instances of giant Red Men of seven feet in stature.
- 1840 . . . when they saw themselves outnumbered by the Red-men, they retired. . . .