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squaw man
noun
a contemptuous term used to refer to a white or other non-Indian man married to a North American Indian woman.
squaw man
noun
offensivea White or other non-American-Indian man married to a North American Indian woman
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of squaw man1
Example Sentences
He decided to call on the squaw man, ascertain the fact, and if so, purchase a share of it for his purpose.
A squaw man is one who does a woman's work, or a white man who marries an Indian woman.
A certain stubbornness in her nature kept her from being influenced, as the others were, by the knowledge that after all they had had a veritable "squaw man" as a guide.
The half-breed became a squaw man, and lived with these Indians for some time.
Ladder Legs" vouchsafed this information: "A 'squaw man' has little ambition, and a half-breed none.
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