redface

English

Etymology

red +‎ face, based on earlier blackface.

Noun

redface (uncountable)

1. A style of theatrical makeup in which a white actor reddens the face in order to portray a Native American.

Related terms

• blackface
• brownface
• transface
• whiteface
• yellowface

See also

• red-faced

Anagrams

• defacer, refaced