Coon — may refer to: Coon, a racial slur used in the United States to refer to black people Coon, an abbreviation for fur from raccoons and racoon dogs Coön (Κόων, Κόωνος), a Trojan warrior who fought in the Trojan War Coon cheese, is the trademark of a … Wikipedia
Coon — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Carleton S. Coon (1904–1981), US amerikanischer Anthropologe Gene L. Coon (1924–1973), US amerikanischer Drehbuchautor und Fernsehproduzent Jabez Coon (1869–1935), australischer Politiker Jeremy Coon, US… … Deutsch Wikipedia
coon|y — «KOO nee», adjective, coon|i|er, coon|i|est. Slang. wary and clever; shrewd. ╂[< coon + y1] … Useful english dictionary
coon — (n.) short for RACCOON (Cf. raccoon), 1742, American English. It was the nickname of Whig Party members in U.S. c.1848 60, as the raccoon was the party s symbol, and it also had associations with frontiersmen (who stereotypically wore raccoon… … Etymology dictionary
Coon — (k[=oo]n), n. (Zo[ o]l.) A raccoon. See {Raccoon}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
coon — [ kun ] noun count 1. ) INFORMAL a RACCOON 2. ) OFFENSIVE an offensive word for a black person in a coon s age INFORMAL in a very long time … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
COON — primogenitus filiorum Antenoris, qui cum Iphidamantis fratris mortem, ab Agamemnone illatam, vindicare vellet, mediam eius manum subter cubitum lauceâ trausfixit, atque ita ab eo interfectus est. Homer. Iliad … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
coon — [ku:n] n informal [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: raccoon] 1.) AmE a ↑raccoon 2.) taboo a very offensive word for a black person. Do not use this word … Dictionary of contemporary English
coon — ► NOUN 1) N. Amer. short for RACCOON(Cf. ↑raccoon). 2) informal, offensive a black person. [ORIGIN: slang use of sense 1, from an earlier sense ‘(sly) fellow’.] … English terms dictionary
coon — ☆ coon [ko͞on ] n. 1. short for RACCOON 2. Slang a black person: a term of contempt or derision … English World dictionary
