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- Dictionarypapoose/pəˈpuːs/
noun
- 1. a type of bag used to carry a child on one's back.
- 2. a young North American Indian child. dated, offensive
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Word for "a Native American child"
Papoose is an American English word whose present meaning is "a Native American child" or, even more generally, any child, usually used as a term of endearment, often in the context of the child's mother. In 1643, Roger Williams recorded the word in his A Key into the Language of America, helping to popularize it. Wikipedia