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squaw
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squaw  (skwô)
n.
1. Offensive A Native American woman, especially a wife.
2. Offensive Slang A woman or wife.

[Massachusett squa, younger woman.]

squaw [skwɔː]
n
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]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.squaw - an American Indian womansquaw - 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] Nindia f, piel roja f
squaw
n (neg!)Squaw f
squaw [skwɔː] nsquaw f inv


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