Injun
pronunciation
How to pronounce Injun in British English:
UK [ˈɪndʒən]
How to pronounce Injun in American English:
US
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- Noun:
- offensive terms for Native Americans
Word Origin
- Injun (n.)
- 1812 (from 1683 as Ingin), spelling representing American English colloquial pronunciation of Indian (q.v.). Honest Injun as an asseveration of truthfuless first recorded 1868, from the notion of assurance extracted from Indians of their lack of duplicity. "Honest Injun?" inquired Mr. Wilder, using a Western phrase equivalent to demanding of the narrator of a story whether he is strictly adhering to the truth. ["The Genial Showman," London, 1870] The term honest Indian is attested from 1676.
Example
- 1. But for that , injun joe never would have suspected .
- 2. When tom gathers the strength to talk , he reveals that injun joe is in the cave .
- 3. He felt willing to risk injun joe and all other terrors .
- 4. For his eye fell upon the stolid face of injun joe .
- 5. They see doctors robinson , villain injun joe and muff potter drunk .