[lakey]

There's a little argument in my household over the name "Squaw." I say it was a legitimate Indian name for a grown woman. My spouse says it is derogatory to them. (He usually knows these things)

[MeekOneGOP]

My Grandfather married a woman that was half-Cherokee. My Dad has told me of him calling her a squaw. My grandmother died when I was very young so I never got to know her, unfortunately. . .

squaw

squaw [ skwaw ]

noun

1. a taboo term for a Native North American woman or wife ( dated taboo )

2. a taboo term for a woman or wife ( slang taboo )

[Mid-17th century. From Narragansett squaws woman or Massachusett squa .]