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1. (n.) squaw
Older Use: Offensive. (a term used to refer to an American Indian woman, esp. a wife.)
2. squaw
(a term used to refer to a wife.)
3. squaw
(a term used to refer to any woman or girl.)
Etymology: (1625–35, Amer.; < Massachusett (E sp.) squa, ussqua woman, younger woman < Proto-Algonquian *e&thgr;kwe&raiseddot;wa)
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1. (noun) squaw
an American Indian woman
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1. (noun) squaw
a female; a woman; -- in the language of Indian tribes of the Algonquin family, correlative of sannup
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