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squaws

squaws is the plural of squaw.

Meaning of squaw

Noun

squaw (plural squaws)

  1. (ethnic, offensive, slur) A woman, wife; especially a Native American woman.
    • "If I ever set eyes on that savage again, I'll kill him. You know that, don't you, you damn squaw?" She shrugged. "Talk's cheap."1950, Dorothy M. Johnson, Flame on the Frontier; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 29

Phrases with squaws

Questions about squaws

What is squaws the plural of?
Squaws is the plural of squaw.

Words near squaws in the dictionary

  1. squawmen
  2. squawmint
  3. Squawmish
  4. squawroot
  5. squawroots
  6. squaws
  7. squawvine
  8. squawweed
  9. squawweeds
  10. squbit
  11. squbits

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