Antonyms for squaw
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : skwaw |
| Phonetic Transcription : skwɔ |
Definition of squaw
Origin :- "American Indian woman," 1630s, from Massachuset (Algonquian) squa "woman" (cf. also Narraganset squaws "woman"). "Over the years it has come to have a derogatory sense and is now considered offensive by many Native Americans" [Bright]. Widespread in U.S. place names, sometimes involving a translation of local American Indian words for "woman."
- As in lady : noun woman
- No such forebodings disturb the Squaw Sachem and Wappacowet.
- Extract from : « Main Street » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- I returned to the Squaw River and spent the half of another year up there.
- Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson
- For an hour he rode and came to the junction of Mill Creek and the Squaw.
- Extract from : « Rim o' the World » by B. M. Bower
- Bunny and Sue had, indeed, landed on an island in Squaw River.
- Extract from : « Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Sunny South » by Laura Lee Hope
- I said I would go with her until we could see Squaw Creek, and then turn and run home.
- Extract from : « My Antonia » by Willa Cather
- Now look for the Pappoose on the Squaw's back, as in Tale 50.
- Extract from : « Woodland Tales » by Ernest Seton-Thompson
- Squaw is the English corruption of the word, and is used to signify a wife.
- Extract from : « Hudson Bay » by R.M. Ballantyne
- “Squaw—Utah gal,” replied the Mexican in his trapper patois.
- Extract from : « The Wild Huntress » by Mayne Reid
- Just as folks were beginning to forget it, comes the Squaw Creek raid.
- Extract from : « A Texas Ranger » by William MacLeod Raine
- The story will be that the Squaw Creek raiders and their friends did it.
- Extract from : « A Texas Ranger » by William MacLeod Raine
Synonyms for squaw
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