squaw man

noun

Older Use: Disparaging and Offensive.

1. a contemptuous term used to refer to a white or other non-Indian man married to a North American Indian woman.

squaw man

noun

1. offensive,  a White or other non-American-Indian man married to a North American Indian woman

Word History and Origins

Origin of squaw man¹

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70

Example Sentences

He decided to call on the squaw man, ascertain the fact, and if so, purchase a share of it for his purpose.

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A squaw man is one who does a woman's work, or a white man who marries an Indian woman.

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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.

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The half-breed became a squaw man, and lived with these Indians for some time.

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Ladder Legs" vouchsafed this information: "A 'squaw man' has little ambition, and a half-breed none.

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