Definition of Squaw

1. Noun. An American Indian woman.

Generic synonyms: American Indian, Indian, Red Indian

Definition of Squaw

1. n. A female; a woman; -- in the language of Indian tribes of the Algonquin family, correlative of sannup.

Definition of Squaw

1. Noun. (pejorative) A woman, wife; especially a Native American woman. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Squaw

1. an American Indian woman [n -S]

Medical Definition of Squaw

1. A female; a woman; in the language of Indian tribes of the Algonquin family, correlative of sannup. Origin: Massachusetts Indian squa, eshqua; Narragansett squaws; Delaware ochqueu, and khqueu; used also in compound words (as the names of animals) in the sense of female. (10 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Squaw

squattering
squatters
squattest
squattier
squattiest
squattily
squattiness
squatting
squattings
squattle
squattled
squattles
squattocracies
squattocracy
squatty
squaw (current term)
squaw-bush
squaw corn
squaw huckleberry
squaw man
squaw root
squawberries
squawberry
squawbush
squawbushes
squawfish
squawfishes
squawk
squawk box

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