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minus-squareDessalines@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoiirc its a word for enemy, IE the colonists encountered a rival tribe, and never cared to correct their mistake.
minus-squareMercival@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoThe Wikipedia says it comes from a French misspelling of an indigenous word that could be used to describe the people. So it might be a little less offensive than that, but still not great.
iirc its a word for enemy, IE the colonists encountered a rival tribe, and never cared to correct their mistake.
The Wikipedia says it comes from a French misspelling of an indigenous word that could be used to describe the people. So it might be a little less offensive than that, but still not great.