Definitions for indian giver
in·di·an giv·er

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1. Indian givernoun

   an offensive term for someone who asks you to return a present he has given you

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1. Indian givernoun

   A person who demands the return of or takes back something which he or she has previously given.

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1. Indian giver

   "Indian giver" is a pejorative expression used to describe a person who gives a "gift" and later wants it back or who expects something of equivalent worth in return for the item. It is based on cultural misunderstandings that took place between the early European colonists and the Indigenous people with whom they traded. Often, the Europeans viewed an exchange of items as gifts and believed that they owed nothing in return to the Indigenous people. On the other hand, the Indigenous people saw the exchange as a form of trade or equal exchange and so they had differing expectations of their guests.The phrase is used to describe a negative act or shady business dealings. It is considered disrespectful, and its use is offensive to many Indigenous people.

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1. indian giver

   An "Indian giver" is a term used, often derogatorily, to describe someone who gives a gift and then wants it back or expects something of equivalent worth in return. The term is deemed offensive due to its stereotypical and inaccurate portrayal of Native Americans. Furthermore, it is built on a cultural misunderstanding and is considered disrespectful and disparaging.

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1. Indian giver

   Indian giver is an American expression used to describe a person who gives a gift and later wants it back, or something equivalent in return. The phrase was first noted in 1765 by Thomas Hutchinson, who characterized an Indian gift as "a present for which an equivalent return is expected," which suggests that the phrase originally referred to a simple exchange of gifts. In 1860, however, in John Russell Bartlett's Dictionary of Americanisms, Bartlett said the phrase was being used by children in New York to mean "one who gives a present and then takes it back." As recently as 1979, the phrase was used in mainstream media publications, but in the 1997 book The Color of Words: An Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Ethnic Bias in the United States, writer and editor Philip Herbst says that although the phrase is often used innocently by children, it may be interpreted as offensive, and The Copyeditor's Handbook describes it as objectionable.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of indian giver in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of indian giver in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Indian_Giver
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Giver
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5. ^ Wikidata
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