单词 | squaw |
释义 | squaw[ skwaw ] / skwɔ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR squaw ON THESAURUS.COM nounOlder Use: Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a North American Indian woman, especially a wife. Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.
Origin of squawFirst recorded in 1625–35, Americanism; from Massachusett (English spelling) squa, ussqua “woman, younger woman,” from Proto-Algonquian eθkwe·wa (unattested) usage note for squawOrigjnally a neutral term, squaw began to be perceived as offensive by the early 20th century and has since declined in use. Part of the reason may be that the word is sometimes mistakenly thought to refer literally to the female genitals. Words nearby squawsquatter's right, squat thrust, squattocracy, squatty, Squauwmish, squaw, squawbush, squawfish, squaw huckleberry, squawk, squawk box Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for squaw
British Dictionary definitions for squawsquaw / (skwɔː) / nounoffensive a North American Indian woman slang, usually facetious a woman or wife Word Origin for squawC17: of Algonquian origin; compare Natick squa female creature 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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