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/san"up/, n.a married American Indian man, esp. a younger one; husband.[1620-30, Amer.; < Massachusett (E sp.) sanomp (c. Eastern Abenaki sénape man, male person)]
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Sannup — San nup ( n[u^]p), n. A married male Indian; a brave; correlative of squaw. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sannup — ☆ sannup [san′up΄ ] n. [Massachusett sanomp, younger man] a married North American Indian man … English World dictionary
sannup — noun Etymology: Eastern Abenaki sénαpe man, male human Date: 1628 a married male American Indian … New Collegiate Dictionary
sannup — san·nup … English syllables
sannup — san•nup [[t]ˈsæn ʌp[/t]] n. ant a married American Indian man • Etymology: 1620–30, amer.; < Massachusett (E sp.) sanomp … From formal English to slang
sannup — n. American Indian man, especially married … Dictionary of difficult words
sannup — noun a married male American Indian • Hypernyms: ↑Indian, ↑American Indian, ↑Red Indian … Useful english dictionary
Old squaw — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sannop — San nop (s[a^]n n[o^]p), n. Same as {Sannup}. Bancroft. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
