| 单词 | squaw wife |
| 释义 | > as lemmassquaw wife C1. attributive, designating a North American Indian woman, as squaw mistress, squaw wife, etc. Now generally considered offensive. ΚΠ 1707 C. Mather Memorial Depolorable State of New-Eng. 35 She sent then unto a French Priest, that he would speak unto her Squa Mistress. 1809 Monthly Anthol. & Boston Rev. June 408 At their first winter encampment on the Missouri, the squaw wife to their interpreter brought them a papoose. 1858 E. D. Neill Hist. Minnesota xii. 233 His party consisted of his squaw mistress, Perrault, and fourteen employees. 1920 M. Hoskin Little Green Glove & Other Stories 210 Her lovely tresses, darkened and plastered down with grease by her squaw mother. 1994 Guardian 3 Aug. ii. 9/2 White stockings for the squaw wives of mountain men. < as lemmas |
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