'Squaw' definitions:
Definition of 'squaw'
(from WordNet)
noun
An American Indian woman
Definition of 'Squaw'
From: GCIDE
- Squaw \Squaw\ (skw[add]), n. [Massachusetts Indian squa, eshqua; Narragansett squ[^a]ws; Delaware ochqueu, and khqueu; used also in compound words (as the names of animals) in the sense of female.] A female; a woman, especially a married woman; a wife; -- in the language of Indian tribes of the Algonquin family, correlative of sannup. [Considered offensive by some American indians.] [1913 Webster +PJC]
- Old squaw. (Zool.) See under Old. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'squaw'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- better half,
- common-law wife,
- concubine,
- dame,
- daughter of Eve,
- distaff,
- domina,
- donna,
- dowager,
- Eve,
- feme,
- feme covert,
- femme,
- Frau,
- frow,
- gentlewoman,
- girl,
- goodwife,
- goody,
- helpmate,
- helpmeet,
- lady,
- lass,
- married woman,
- matron,
- milady,
- old lady,
- old woman,
- rib,
- vrouw,
- wahine,
- weaker vessel,
- wedded wife,
- wife,
- woman