SQUAW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does squaw mean? 

• SQUAW (noun)
  The noun SQUAW has 1 sense:

1. derogatory terms for an American Indian woman

  Familiarity information: SQUAW used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SQUAW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Derogatory terms for an American Indian woman

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("squaw" is a kind of...):

Amerindian; Native American (any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived)

 Context examples 

White Fang could hear Grey Beaver's squaw taking part in the search, and Mit-sah, who was Grey Beaver's son.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Zilla was his wife, and no more bitter-tongued, implacable old squaw dwelt on the Yukon.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

At the Five Fingers the dog-food gave out, and a toothless old squaw offered to trade them a few pounds of frozen horse-hide for the Colt’s revolver that kept the big hunting-knife company at Hal’s hip.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

But on the near bank, shortly before dark, a moose coming down to drink, had been espied by Kloo-kooch, who was Grey Beaver's squaw.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

In past experience, especially in dealing with squaws, meat and punishment had often been disastrously related.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Then the sharp cry of a squaw inside sent him scampering back to Kiche.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

He had been observed, the news had been carried to the dead dog's master, the squaws remembered all the instances of stolen meat, and Grey Beaver was beset by many angry voices.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

He had to forage for himself, and he foraged well, though he was oft-times a plague to the squaws in consequence.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

It was worth more, in some strange way, then a dozen pieces of meat from the hand of a squaw.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Here the squaws came to his aid, and White Fang, transformed into a raging demon, was finally driven off only by a fusillade of stones.

(White Fang, by Jack London)