squaw
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Squaw \Squaw\ (skw[add]), n. [Massachusetts Indian squa, eshqua;
Narragansett squ[^a]ws; Delaware ochqueu, and khqueu; used
also in compound words (as the names of animals) in the sense
of female.]
A female; a woman, especially a married woman; a wife; -- in
the language of Indian tribes of the Algonquin family,
correlative of sannup. [Considered offensive by some American
indians.]
[1913 Webster +PJC]
{Old squaw}. (Zool.) See under {Old}.
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
35 Moby Thesaurus words for "squaw":
Eve, Frau, better half, common-law wife, concubine, dame,
daughter of Eve, distaff, domina, donna, dowager, feme,
feme covert, femme, frow, gentlewoman, girl, goodwife, goody,
helpmate, helpmeet, lady, lass, married woman, matron, milady,
old lady, old woman, rib, vrouw, wahine, weaker vessel,
wedded wife, wife, woman
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