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squaw (skwô)

1. Offensive A Native American woman, especially a wife.

2. Offensive Slang A woman or wife.

[Massachusett squa, younger woman.]

squaw [skwɔː]

1. (Social Science / Peoples) Offensive a North American Indian woman

2. Slang, usually facetious a woman or wife

[of Algonquian origin; compare Natick squa female creature]

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Noun

squaw - an American Indian woman

American Indian, Indian, Red Indian - a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived

Translations

squaw [skwɔː] N → india f, piel roja f

squaw

n (neg!) → Squaw f

squaw [skwɔː] n → squaw f inv

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