Squaw

Definition: Squaw

Squaw

Noun

1. An American Indian woman.

Date "squaw" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1649. (references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Marriage	Feme, feme coverte; squaw, lady; matron, matronage, matronhood; man and wife; wedded pair, Darby and Joan; spiritual wife.
Woman	Dame, madam, madame, mistress, Mrs. lady, donna belle, matron, dowager, goody, gammer; Frau, frow, Vrouw, rani; good woman, good wife; squaw; wife. (marriage); matronage, matronhood.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Squaw

English words defined with "squaw": genus Xerophyllum ♦ Quandy ♦ Sarcelle, South southerly, Swallow-tailed duck ♦ Winter duck ♦ Xerophyllum. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Squaw" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

French (squaw), Italian (squaw).

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Squaw, fix dinner nice job on canoe. (The Razor's Edge; writing credit: John Byrum; W. Somerset Maugham)
Movie/TV Titles	A Sight for Squaw Eyes (1963) The White Squaw (1956) His Squaw (1912) For the Squaw (1911) The Squaw Darkfeather (1911)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	The Wit and Wisdom of Hollywood: From the Squaw Man to the Hatchet Man (reference) Arizona Laydown (White Squaw, No 21) (reference) Ball and Chain (White Squaw, No 12) (reference) Bareback Beauty (White Squaw, No 20) (reference) Boomtown Bust (White Squaw No 2) (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Squaw Lake Recreation Area. Credit: Unknown.		Baot ramp at sunrise at Squaw Lake Recreation Area. Credit: Unknown.
	Recreation at its finest at Squaw Lake. Credit: Lori Cook.		Tent and RV camping at Squaw Lake Recreation Area. Credit: Lori Cook.
	Sunrise at Squaw Lake. Credit: Lori Cook.		Overview of the Squaw Ridge Wilderness Study Area. Credit: Troutman.
	Aerial view of Lava Mountain from the Squaw Ridge Wilderness Study Area. OR 1-3. Credit: Unknown.		Lava dome with fissure in the Squaw Ridge Wilderness Study Area. OR 1-3. Credit: Unknown.
	Squaw Ridge Lava Bed Wilderness Study Area. OR 1-3. Credit: Unknown.		A twisted Juniper in lava rock at Squaw Ridge Lava Bed Wilderness Study Area. OR 1-3. Credit: E. Rees.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

"Squaw" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Squaw" is used about 16 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	16	87,710

Expressions using "squaw": old squaw ♦ squaw corn ♦ squaw grass ♦ squaw huckleberry ♦ Squaw Lake ♦ squaw man ♦ squaw root ♦ Squaw Valley ♦ squaw vine. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "squaw": squaw-man.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "squaw"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		grua lëkurëkuqe. (various references)

Arabic		‏زوجة (consort, lady, partner, wife, woman), ‏امرأة (woman), ‏أميريكية هندية حمراء. (various references)

Bulgarian		индианка. (various references)

Czech		indiánská žena. (various references)

Danish		melmajs (flour corn, soft corn, soft maize, squaw corn), havlit (long-tailed duck, Usa: old squaw), bloed majs (flour corn, soft corn, soft maize, squaw corn). (various references)

Dutch		zetmeelmais (flour corn, soft corn, soft maize, squaw corn), zetmeel maïs (flour corn, soft corn, soft maize, squaw corn), ijseend (long-tailed duck, Usa: old squaw). (various references)

Farsi		مردزن نما, زن سرخ پوست امریکاءی . (various references)

Finnish		intiaanivaimo. (various references)

French		squaw, gonzesse, femme, épouse. (various references)

German		Indianerin (american indian, indian). (various references)

Greek		ινδιάνα. (various references)

Hebrew		אש�" אי� �"יא� ית. (various references)

Hungarian		indián asszony. (various references)

Italian		squaw. (various references)

Manx		ben injinagh jiarg. (various references)

Pig Latin		awsquay

Portuguese		mulher pele-vermelha, índia. (various references)

Romanian		femeie indianã, babã (crone, old woman, wife). (various references)

Russian		индианка. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		skvo. (various references)

Spanish		piel roja (red indian, redskin), india norteamérica. (various references)

Swedish		indiankvinna. (various references)

Turkish		zevce (goodwife, rib, wife), kızılderili kadın, evli kadın (feme covert, married woman, matron). (various references)

Ukrainian		індіанка (indian). (various references)

Vietnamese		người đ� n b� da đỏ. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "squaw": squawfish, squawfishes, squawk, squawked, squawker, squawkers, squawking, squawks, squawroot, squawroots, squaws. (additional references)
	Words ending with "squaw": oldsquaw. (additional references)
	Words containing "squaw": oldsquaws. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Squaw" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: quaw, scaw, skaw, sqa, sqaul, sqaw, sqea, squa, squag, squai, squak, squan, squao, squap, squar, squav, squawa, squawl, squawm, squawy, squay, sque, squic, squif, squig, squip, squiv, squiz, squow. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-q-s-u-w"
	-2 letters: qua, sau, saw, suq, was.
	-3 letters: as, aw, us.
	Words containing the letters "a-q-s-u-w"
	+1 letter: squawk, squaws.
	+2 letters: squawks.
	+3 letters: oldsquaw, squawked, squawker.
	+4 letters: oldsquaws, squawfish, squawkers, squawking, squawroot.
	+5 letters: squawroots.
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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
resort at squaw creek	225	squaw lake	12
squaw valley	206	point squaw peak	12
squaw	58	squaw valley california	11
pointe hilton at squaw peak	57	squaw valley golf course	11
squaw valley ca	56	indian squaw	11
squaw creek	42	inn at squaw creek	11
pointe hilton squaw peak resort	40	squaw valley vacation rental	11
ca squaw usa valley	37	squaw valley rental	10
squaw valley lodge	37	squaw peak resort	10
squaw peak	33	50 peak squaw	9
squaw valley resort	32	fish squaw	9
hilton squaw peak	27	point hilton squaw peak	9
pointe squaw peak	23	squaw valley lodging	9
squaw lake minnesota	22	squaw valley hotel	8
the village at squaw valley	19	squaw creek golf course	8
squaw valley real estate	18	squaw valley realty	7
squaw valley usa	17	squaw valley golf	7
squaw creek country club	16	creek golf squaw	6
bread squaw	13	inn at squaw valley	6
squaw valley ski resort	13	bay resort squaw	6
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Squaw

Definition: Squaw

Squaw

Noun

Synonyms within Context: Squaw

Marriage

Woman

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Modern Usage: Squaw

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