Meanings
plural prairie niggers
- derogatoryethnicslangslurA Native American person, especially one from the nations native to Great Plains, such as the Apache, Sioux, Pawnee and Crow.
"I know he's a damned Kiowa, mister, and that's all I have to know about that prairie nigger."
2004, Johnny D. Boggs, Spark on the Prairie, Thorndike Press, →ISBN, page 2932 more examples
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.
1994, Louise Erdrich, The Bingo Palace, HarperCollinsPublishers, →ISBN, page 71[…] I don't have to listen to some prairie nigger whine about ethics. Go drink it out on a reservation," Amanda said, breaking for the stairs. "I'm Sicilian," Luca corrected. "I don't care what tribe you're from!" […]
2011, James Robb, Corona Rapture, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 53Synonyms: red nigger, tree nigger, redskin, timber nigger, wagon-burner
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA Native American person, especially one from the nations native to Great Plains, such as the Apache, Sioux, Pawnee and Crow.
Origin
From prairie, the chief habitat of Native American peoples of the Great Plains, and nigger.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
prairie nigger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prairie%20nigger
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