squaw
pronunciation
How to pronounce squaw in British English:
UK [skwɔ:]
How to pronounce squaw in American English:
US [skwɔ]
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- Noun:
- an American Indian woman
Word Origin
- squaw (n.)
- "American Indian woman," 1630s, from Massachuset (Algonquian) squa "woman" (cognate with Narraganset squaws "woman"). "Over the years it has come to have a derogatory sense and is now considered offensive by many Native Americans" [Bright]. Widespread in U.S. place names, sometimes as a translation of a local native word for "woman."
Example
- 1. What 's an lndian band without a squaw ?
- 2. Any american packer knows how to tie a " squaw hitch " or how to turn a pack horse into a draught horse by means of a quick travois .
- 3. Squaw valley california also held the winter games in 1960 .
- 4. Your squaw feel the same ?
- 5. One of them had married a squaw , siwash tribe .