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☆ squaw (skwô)

noun

  1. Now Rare a North American Indian woman or wife: this term is now considered offensive
  2. a woman; esp., one's wife: a mild term of contempt

Etymology: < Massachusett squa, younger woman

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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