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squaw

  [skwaw] ,
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–noun
1. Often Offensive. a North American Indian woman, esp. a wife.
2. Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.
a. a wife.
b. any woman or girl.
Origin:
1625–35, Americanism; < Massachusett (E sp.) squa, ussqua woman, younger woman < Proto-Algonquian *eθkwe⋅wa
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squaw   (skwô)   
n.  

  1. Offensive A Native American woman, especially a wife.

  2. Offensive Slang A woman or wife.


[Massachusett squa, younger woman.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

squaw 
"American Indian woman," 1634, from Algonquian (Massachuset) squa "woman" (cf. also Narraganset squaws "woman").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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