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  • noun A Communist
  • noun A supporter of a sports team who wears red as part of their kit.
  • proper noun A nickname given to someone who has or had red hair.
  • adjective Communist

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Examples

  • Alternatively, we can use O (Red) as a measure of the total evidence by taking our evidence for Red to be the ratio of red to black draws, rather than the total number of red draws, and our evidence for ~Red to be the ratio of black balls to red balls, rather than the total number of black draws.

    Bayes' Theorem Joyce, James 2003

  • You'd never forget that -- big, long cigar, great big man, bald, little red hair arou -- but that was Red

    An Even Better Place: America in the 21st Century 1999

  • On the evening of November 16th I watched two thousand Red Guards swing down the Zagorodny Prospekt behind a military band playing the Marseillaise—and how appropriate it sounded—with blood-red flags over the dark ranks of workmen, to welcome home again their brothers who had defended “Red Petrograd.

    Chapter 10. Moscow 1922

  • The black head and the red head from which the hat had dropped came together, there was the thud of two strong bodies meeting with an impact that brought a little coughing grunt from each, and Red

    The Short Cut Jackson Gregory 1912

  • Red Jacket (c. 1758–1830) Born about 1752, died in 1830; his Nation, the Senecas, his home, near Geneva; his real name, Sogoyewapha, the name “Red Jacket” coming from an embroidered scarlet jacket presented to him by a British officer during the Revolution; saw service on the American side in the War of 1812.

    Red Jacket on the Religion of the White Man and the Red 1906

  • Many did so very unwillingly, for red was understood to be the badge of Red

    France in the Nineteenth Century Elizabeth Latimer 1863

  • "It's great to see MLS sides sign such talent but at the end of the day they are not wearing TFC red, so I will boo them every chance I get," Boris Aguilar, president of the Red

    Thestar.com - Home Page 2010

  • "It's great to see MLS sides sign such talent but at the end of the day they are not wearing TFC red, so I will boo them every chance I get," Boris Aguilar, president of the Red

    Thestar.com - Home Page 2010

  • "It's great to see MLS sides sign such talent but at the end of the day they are not wearing TFC red, so I will boo them every chance I get," Boris Aguilar, president of the Red

    Thestar.com - Home Page 2010

  • Blue red - y'all were right, OPI's I've Got the Blues for Red is an excellent color.

    Perfume Posse 2009

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