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Noun Concept
Categories: Linguistic controversies, Native American women, Aboriginal Canadian women, Ethnic and religious slurs, Misogynistic slurs
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squaw
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An American Indian woman WordNet 3.0
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An American Indian woman WordNet 3.0
Derogatory terms for an American Indian woman Open English WordNet
The English word squaw is an ethnic and sexual slur, historically used for Indigenous North American women. Wikipedia
Ethnic and sexual slur, historically used for Indigenous North American women. Contemporary usage, especially by non-Natives, is considered offensive, derogatory, racist, and misogynistic. Wikipedia Disambiguation
English language loan-word derived from the eastern Algonquian morpheme meaning 'woman' Wikidata
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Amerindian
Indian
designation
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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squaw
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squaw
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squaw
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Skwah, squa

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