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squaw

Meaninga woman

Common meaning: an old, now offensive word for a Native American woman

Journey through time

  1. Narragansettsquawssource
  2. Massachusettsquasource
  3. Englishsquaw‘an old, now offensive word for a Native American woman’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Narragansett squaws ‘a woman’.

Roots

  • squaws Narragansett “a woman”

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