Coon Chicken Inn, a former American restaurant chain whose trademarks and entrances were designed to look like a smiling blackface caricature of an African-American porter

Coon is an extremely offensive slur for a Black person. It’s rooted in the racist history of Blackface and comes from a shortening of raccoon. Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms …

There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun coon, one of which is considered derogatory. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

/ kuːn / uk / kuːn / an extremely offensive word for a Black person (Definition of coon from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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Dec 6, 2025 · (African-American Vernacular) A black person who "plays the coon"; that is, who plays the dated stereotype of a black fool for an audience, particularly including Caucasians.

2 senses: 1. informal → short for raccoon 2. offensive, slang a Black person or a native Australian.... Click for more definitions.