squaw
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- noun
- /skwɔ/
- Slur
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[Término ofensivo para mujer indígena]
- The white squaw was now looking out of the wigwam to see if the coast was clear.
- squaws and braves
- squaws among many Indian
Including when he killed his squaw outside of a restaurant in the Valley.
- Including when he killed his squaw outside of a restaurant in the Valley.
Examples
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Tell these squaws I come in peace.
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There was this Indian squaw, and she was rowin' a canoe with her baby in it.
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Married to a squaw, he was more Indian than white now.
Fiction book (1994) -
Presently came a squaw and a little girl.
Academic text (2008) -
So Coleman's buying himself a squaw, eh?
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"Booze peddler and his squaw woman is more like it," Pap said.
Fiction book (1990) -
Anyway, we're a pretty tight-knit tribe here, but there's always room for one more squaw.
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In the story, the hero fell in love with a brave squaw who was skilled in hunting.
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The village celebrated the return of the squaw who had been away for many moons.
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Her grandmother, a wise squaw, shared ancient stories around the fire.
Compounds
- NSFW
A shrub that grows in dry California areas with three-part smelly leaves and edible fruit
- Archaic
A plant from western North America with stiff grasslike leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word squaw comes from an Algonquian word squa meaning 'woman'. A helpful way to remember it is that it started as a simple word for 'woman'. But European settlers used it in disrespectful ways, so today squaw is considered an offensive word for Native American women.