squaw man

American

noun

Older Use: Disparaging and Offensive.

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

squaw man British

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of squaw man

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70

Example Sentences

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Lowell was on the point of making some bitter reply about the undesirability of any guardianship assumed by Willis Morgan, squaw man, recluse, and recipient of common hatred and contempt.

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After breakfast next morning, the travelers again took to the river, the squaw man extending an invitation to drop in on him again if they ever chanced up that way.

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