tree nigger

noun

A Native American person

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Meanings

nountree nigger (plural tree niggers)

plural tree niggers

  1. derogatoryethnicslangslurA Native American person

    sacred soil contaminated by tree nigger babies

    1862, Supplement to the Courant, page 88
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    lest the town constable see him off the reservation and chase him out of town. He was ever fearful that someone would call him a "tree nigger" or worse.

    1994, Milwaukee Magazine Volume 19, Issues 7-12, page xlviii

    He shouldn't have fired a shot, the whole place is crawling with fucking tree niggers.

    2015, John Fitzgerald, The Revenant, 31m

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
prairie niggerred niggertimber nigger

Origin

tree + nigger

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APA

tree nigger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tree%20nigger

MLA

“tree nigger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tree%20nigger. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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