Definition of "squaw" [squaw]

• Offensive A Native American woman, especially a wife. (noun)
• Offensive Slang A woman or wife. (noun)

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• "Mountain Phil and his Klooch -- that being the name he called his squaw, which is also the Arapahoe name for wife -- were staying alone about ten miles further down the country from where we were located."
• "Jennine Jacob, a fashion blogger of Native American descent, who was upset by the use of the word "squaw.""
• "Ives Goddard, now senior linguist emeritus at the Smithsonian's Department of Anthropology, has always disputed Harjo's translation, saying the word "squaw" derives "from an innocent term for woman.""