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French
Pronunciation
Noun
peau-rouge m (plural peaux-rouges)
- Red Indian
- Comme je descendais des fleuves impassibles,
Je ne me sentis plus guidé par les haleurs :
Des peaux-rouges criards les avaient pris pour cibles,
Les ayant cloués nus aux poteaux de couleurs. (Arthur Rimbaud, Le Bateau ivre)
Adjective
peau-rouge (plural peaux-rouges)
- Amerindian
Les nations peaux-rouges.- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
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