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Webster 1913 Edition

Papoose

Pa-poose′

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Noun.

A babe or young child of Indian parentage in North America.

Definition 2024

papoose

papoose

English

Noun

papoose ‎(plural papooses)

baby
- Bram Stoker, The Squaw
  […] a half-breed what they nicknamed "Splinters" 'cos of the way he fixed up her papoose which he stole on a raid […]
(Britain) backpack

Derived terms

papoose root