papoose
/pəˈpuːs/
papoose noun: a Native American baby.
Noun
papoose (plural papooses)
- A Native American baby.
- […] a half-breed what they nicknamed "Splinters" 'cos of the way he fixed up her papoose which he stole on a raid […]1893, Bram Stoker, The Squaw
- They say he has Indian blood in him. They say he has an Indian wife somewhere, and a lot of papooses. Cherokee.1930, Edna Ferber, Cimarron, page 11
- A backpack for carrying a baby, or specifically a cradleboard.
Forms of papoose
| plural | papooses |
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Origin of papoose
Borrowed from Narragansett papoos (“a child”).
Words formed from papoose
Phrases with papoose
Words that rhyme with papoose
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- deduce
- sluice
- unloose
- educe
- effuse
- introduce
- mousse
- produce
- recluse
- reproduce
- Rus
- seduce
- spruce
- excuse
- moose
- traduce
- transduce
- vamoose
- Zeus
- abduce
- abstruse
- adduce
- cruse
- diffuse
- disuse
- doos
- douce
- overproduce
- reuse
- truce
- unsluice
- Al-Andalus
- ashy-headed goose
- boose
- burnoose
- caduce
- ceruse
- charlotte russe
- Emden goose
- fog juice
- hoose
- ill-use
- incuse
- luce
- misuse
- noose
- obstruse
- overuse
Questions about papoose
- What does papoose mean?
- Papoose means a Native American baby.
- What part of speech is papoose?
- Papoose is a noun.
- How do you pronounce papoose?
- Papoose is pronounced /pəˈpuːs/.
- What is the plural of papoose?
- The plural of papoose is papooses.
Words near papoose in the dictionary
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