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SQUAW
squaw
(noun) derogatory terms for an American Indian woman
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
squaw (plural squaws)
(now, offensive, ethnic slur) A woman, wife; especially a Native American woman.
Usage notes
Previously used neutrally, the word began to be used as a term of contempt in the late 1800s; it is now generally considered offensive.
Source: Wiktionary
Squaw, n. Etym: [Massachusetts Indian squa, eshqua; Narragansett squâws; Delaware ochqueu, and khqueu; used also in compound words (as the names of animals) in the sense of female.]
Definition: A female; a woman; -- in the language of Indian tribes of the Algonquin family, correlative of sannup. Old squaw. (Zoöl.) See under Old.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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