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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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" [syn: nigger, nigga, spade, coon, jigaboo, nigra]
3: North American raccoon [syn: common raccoon, common racoon, coon, ringtail, Procyon lotor]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1742 1. raccoon 2. usually offensive black 4

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 US a racoon. 2 sl. offens. a Black. Etymology: abbr.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Raccoon Rac*coon", n. [F. raton, prop., a little rat, fr. rat rat, perhaps of German origin. See Rat.] (Zo["o]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["o]l.), the tanate. Raccoon fox (Zo["o]l.), the cacomixle.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Coon Coon, n. (Zo["o]l.) A raccoon. See Raccoon.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(coons) 1. A coon is a raccoon. (AM INFORMAL) N-COUNT 2. Coon is an extremely offensive word for a black person. (INFORMAL, VERY OFFENSIVE) N-COUNT