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papoose
< Algonk.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Spelling variants:(older) pappoose, papouse
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1n.
a child or baby of American Indian parents.
Quotations
1816
The Micmac Indians call a child papouse, a wife squaw, and a husband sanop.
1852
She had gone down to the spring for water, and on her return was surprised at the sight of a squaw and her family of three half-grown lads, and an innocent little brown papoose.
1963
The term papoose is commonly used among the natives to denote children of almost any age, but still I had expected a much younger patient.
2n.
a beaver cub; young beaver.
Quotations
1680
the Men imployed in Sorting the Beaver have found . . . 342 Stage Pappoes. . . .
1861
The beaver is a social kind of animal, living in communities or families, generally consisting of five--father, mother, and three "papouses" (so the young beavers are called).