Historical; used to describe an American Indian woman but like other such terms from the past, it's considered offensive today. Also used as a prefix for a number of plants/animals, e.g. squaw-berry, oldsquaw (former name for a type of duck), squaw-fish.
Historical; used to describe an American Indian woman but like other such terms from the past, it's considered offensive today. Also used as a prefix for a number of plants/animals, e.g. squaw-berry, oldsquaw (former name for a type of duck), squaw-fish.