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Definition of squaw noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

squaw

noun
 
/skwɔː/
 
/skwɔː/
(old-fashioned, offensive)
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  1. an offensive word for an indigenous North American woman
    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Narragansett squaws ‘woman’, with related forms in many Algonquin dialects. Narragansett is an extinct Algonquian language.
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