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Meaning of COON

Pronunciation:  koon

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  North American raccoon
  2. [n]  an eccentric or undignified rustic; "I'll be a gone coon when the battle starts"
  3. [n]  (ethnic slur) offensive name for a Black person; "only a Black can call another Black a nigger"
 
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 Synonyms: common raccoon, common racoon, jigaboo, nigger, nigra, Procyon lotor, ringtail, spade
 
 See Also: Black, black person, blackamoor, boy, Negro, Negroid, raccoon, racoon, rustic

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Coon\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A raccoon. See {Raccoon}.
 

 

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