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pappoose

Meaning of "pappoose" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PAPPOOSE

pəˈpuːs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PAPPOOSE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pappoose is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PAPPOOSE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Papoose

A papoose is an American English loanword whose present meaning is "a Native American Indian child" or, even more generally, any child, usually used as a term of endearment, often in the context of the child's mother. The word came originally from the Narragansett tribe. In 1643, Roger Williams recorded the word in his A Key Into the Language of America, helping to popularize it.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PAPPOOSE

Bruce · conduce · douce · Goes · goose · induce · introduce · juice · juices · loose · luce · moose · mousse · papoose · produce · reduce · reproduce · seduce · spruce · Zeus

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PAPPOOSE

papistical · papistically · papistry · papoose · papovavirus · pappardelle · papped · pappi · pappier · pappiest · papping · pappose · pappous · pappus · Pappus of Alexandria · pappy · paprika

WORDS THAT END LIKE PAPPOOSE

blue goose · caboose · Canada goose · choose · cut loose · footloose · golden goose · hang loose · have a screw loose · let loose · mongoose · Mother Goose · noose · on the loose · oose · pick and choose · play fast and loose · roose · the loose · vamoose

Synonyms and antonyms of pappoose in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «pappoose» into 25 languages

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pappoose
1,325 millions of speakers
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pappoose
570 millions of speakers
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pappoose
510 millions of speakers
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pappoose
380 millions of speakers
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pappoose
280 millions of speakers
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pappoose
278 millions of speakers
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pappoose
270 millions of speakers
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pappoose
260 millions of speakers
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pappoose
220 millions of speakers
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Pappoose
190 millions of speakers
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pappoose
180 millions of speakers
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pappoose
130 millions of speakers
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pappoose
85 millions of speakers
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Pappoose
85 millions of speakers
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pappoose
80 millions of speakers
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pappoose
75 millions of speakers
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पप्पू
75 millions of speakers
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pappoose
70 millions of speakers
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pappoose
65 millions of speakers
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pappoose
50 millions of speakers
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pappoose
40 millions of speakers
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pappoose
30 millions of speakers
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pappoose
15 millions of speakers
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pappoose
14 millions of speakers
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pappoose
10 millions of speakers
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pappoose
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pappoose

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PAPPOOSE»

Discover the use of pappoose in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pappoose and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Life and Adventures of William Filley
council deliberated over the case, and found her guilty of burning the pappoose. The sentence was that her nearest relative should tie her to a stake and execute her, by first cutting out her left eye, then drawing out one of her finger nails, and ...
William Filley, James Z. Ballard, 1867
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Service On the Indian Reservations
But last night my friend's pappoose died— squaw pappoose, six snows old. My friend is a good man. This is him here—pointing to a head man at his side. He does not want to bury his pappoose here in the Osage country. He wants to take it ...
E.E. White
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The Heart of Unaga
Squaw no good—only mak pappoose, feed pappoose. Raise him. All thetime squawmak pappoose. Him not think nothin' more. Just pappoose. Indian man think allthings. Him squaw only mak pappoose an'—trouble." "Trouble?" Steve's smile ...
Ridgwell Cullum, 19
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The Sheltering Arms
My squaw love little pappoose — little Susan. She want little pappoose to make visit. If you my friend, you let little pappoose go. My squaw bring her back to- morrow." Susan's mother heard Han Yerry. She could hardly believe her own ears.
‎1868
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History and Travels of a Wanderer
One afternoon we had been out calling, on coming home we saw two squaws, with ollas to. sell, one of the squaws had a pappoose strapped to her back. Storey had seen the same two the day before, they were making money by showing the ...
Amanda E. Bates, 2007
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History and Travels of a Wanderer in Many States and Places ...
One afternoon we had been out calling, on coming home we saw two squaws, with ollas to. sell, one of the squaws had a pappoose strapped to her back. Storey had seen the same two the day before, they were making money by showing the ...
Amanda E. Bates, 2007
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Black Officer in a Buffalo Soldier Regiment: The Military ...
Ninth Regimental Return, October 1890, nara; Heitman, Historical Register, 374, 542; Uintah Pappoose, July 17, 1891; Alexander and Ar- rington, “Utah Military Frontier,” 353; Dillman, Early History of Duchesne County, 84; Pocket Diary of ...
Brian Shellum, 2010
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The Oak-openings: Or, The Bee-hunter
The pappoose that wears it is little. There is no need of a large skin. But it grows with the pappoose, and the biggest warrior finds his skin around him. This is because the Great Spirit fitted it to him. Whatever the Manitou does is good.
James Fenimore Cooper, 1873
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The Buffalo Bill Megapack: 5 Classic Books About Buffalo ...
Billy had often longed to be a man; but now he was happy that he was a boy, and answered: “Yes, I am only a little pappoose .” “Him heap bad pappoose, me remember,” said Rain-in-the-Face, recalling some of the jokes the boy played at Fort ...
Buffalo Bill Cody, Helen Cody Wetmore, 2013
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A Lydia Maria Child Reader
she was very good to her little pappoose, when she lost her way on the prairie. She wanted her husband to buy him, that they might carry him back to his mother. He bought him for ten gallons of whiskey, and promised to take him to his parents  ...
Lydia Maria Child, Carolyn L. Karcher, 1997

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PAPPOOSE»

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Welcome to Brownsville Could Be a Real Summer Jam
... imagine the whimsical Atlanta rapper Gucci Mane taking his mush-mouthed flow into the cypher ring with, say, Pappoose, or Berkley, Calif. «NBC New York, Jun 12»
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