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squaw man

squaw man noun: a white man who married a Native American woman, sometimes gaining tribal rights by doing so.

Noun

squaw man (plural squaw men)

  1. (US, Western, derogatory, especially, historical, offensive) A white man who married a Native American woman, sometimes gaining tribal rights by doing so.

Forms of squaw man

pluralsquaw men

Questions about squaw man

What does squaw man mean?
Squaw man means a white man who married a Native American woman, sometimes gaining tribal rights by doing so.
What part of speech is squaw man?
Squaw man is a noun.
What is the plural of squaw man?
The plural of squaw man is squaw men.

Words near squaw man in the dictionary

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