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squaw man

noun

, Older Use: Disparaging and Offensive.
  1. a contemptuous term used to refer to a white or other non-Indian man married to a North American Indian woman.


squaw man

noun

  1. offensive.
    a White or other non-American-Indian man married to a North American Indian woman
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of squaw man1

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70
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Example Sentences

He decided to call on the squaw man, ascertain the fact, and if so, purchase a share of it for his purpose.

A squaw man is one who does a woman's work, or a white man who marries an Indian woman.

A certain stubbornness in her nature kept her from being influenced, as the others were, by the knowledge that after all they had had a veritable "squaw man" as a guide.

The half-breed became a squaw man, and lived with these Indians for some time.

Ladder Legs" vouchsafed this information: "A 'squaw man' has little ambition, and a half-breed none.

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