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单词 squaw
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Definition of squaw in English:

squaw

nounskwɔːskwɔ
offensive
  • 1A North American Indian woman or wife.

    〈冒犯〉美洲印第安妇女;美洲印第安人的老婆

    1. 1.1North American A woman or wife.
      〈北美,冒犯〉妇女;老婆

Usage

Until relatively recently, the word squaw was used neutrally in anthropological and other contexts to mean a North American Indian woman or wife. With changes in the political climate in the second half of the 20th century, however, the derogatory attitudes of the past toward American Indian women mean that the word cannot now be used in any sense without being regarded as offensive

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Narragansett squaws 'woman', with related forms in many Algonquin dialects.

Rhymes

abhor, adore, afore, anymore, ashore, awe, bandore, Bangalore, before, boar, Boer, bore, caw, chore, claw, cocksure, comprador, cor, core, corps, craw, Delors, deplore, door, draw, drawer, evermore, explore, flaw, floor, for, forbore, fore, foresaw, forevermore, forswore, four, fourscore, furthermore, Gábor, galore, gnaw, gore, grantor, guarantor, guffaw, hard-core, Haugh, haw, hoar, ignore, implore, Indore, interwar, jaw, Johor, Lahore, law, lessor, lor, lore, macaw, man-o'-war, maw, mirador, mor, more, mortgagor, Mysore, nevermore, nor, oar, obligor, offshore, onshore, open-jaw, or, ore, outdoor, outwore, paw, poor, pore, pour, rapport, raw, roar, saw, scaur, score, senhor, señor, shaw, ship-to-shore, shop-floor, shore, signor, Singapore, snore, soar, softcore, sore, spore, store, straw, swore, Tagore, tau, taw, thaw, Thor, threescore, tor, tore, torr, trapdoor, tug-of-war, two-by-four, underfloor, underscore, war, warrantor, Waugh, whore, withdraw, wore, yaw, yore, your

Definition of squaw in US English:

squaw

nounskwɔskwô
offensive
  • 1A North American Indian woman or wife.

    〈冒犯〉美洲印第安妇女;美洲印第安人的老婆

    1. 1.1North American A woman or wife.
      〈北美,冒犯〉妇女;老婆

Usage

Until relatively recently, the word squaw was used neutrally in anthropological and other contexts to mean a North American Indian woman or wife. With changes in the political climate in the second half of the 20th century, however, the derogatory attitudes of the past toward American Indian women mean that the word cannot now be used in any sense without being regarded as offensive

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Narragansett squaws ‘woman’, with related forms in many Algonquian dialects.

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