词汇 | blanket indian |
词源 | blanket Indian. A derogatory term commonly used in the 19th century for an Indian thought to be docile and of a low cultural level because he or she wore a blanket instead of dress- ing like white people. To wear the blanket meant that an Indian was “half-civilized.” |
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