Definition of Sqaw
Squaw (?), n. [Massachusetts Indian
squa, eshqua; Narragansett squâws; Delaware
ochqueu, and khqueu; used also in compound words (as the
names of animals) in the sense of female.] A female; a
woman; -- in the language of Indian tribes of the Algonquin family,
correlative of sannup.
Old squaw. (Zoöl.) See under
Old.
Squaw (?), n. [Massachusetts Indian
squa, eshqua; Narragansett squâws; Delaware
ochqueu, and khqueu; used also in compound words (as the
names of animals) in the sense of female.] A female; a
woman; -- in the language of Indian tribes of the Algonquin family,
correlative of sannup.
Old squaw. (Zoöl.) See under
Old.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A female; a woman; -- in the language of Indian tribes of the Algonquin family, correlative of sannup.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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