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English Dictionary: coon by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
coon
n
  1. an eccentric or undignified rustic; "I'll be a gone coon when the battle starts"
  2. (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person; "only a Black can call another Black a nigga"
    Synonym(s): nigger, nigga, spade, coon, jigaboo, nigra
  3. North American raccoon
    Synonym(s): common raccoon, common racoon, coon, ringtail, Procyon lotor
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Raccoon \Rac*coon"\, n. [F. raton, prop., a little rat, fr. rat
      rat, perhaps of German origin. See {Rat}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A North American nocturnal carnivore ({Procyon lotor}) allied
      to the bears, but much smaller, and having a long, full tail,
      banded with black and gray. Its body is gray, varied with
      black and white. Called also {coon}, and {mapach}.
  
      {Raccoon dog} (Zo[94]l.), the tanate.
  
      {Raccoon fox} (Zo[94]l.), the cacomixle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Coon \Coon\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A raccoon. See {Raccoon}.
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