DCHP-2

Siwash ((n.)) Siwash or Siwashes. [< Chinook Jargon < F sauvage savage, the term used by voyageurs for Indians] Pacific Coast and Northwest DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• 1 n.

  a native Indian.

  See also: Siwash Indian  

  • In present-day use, this term has deteriorated to such a degree that it might well be labelled as derogatory slang. See def. 2.

• 2a n. — Slang, Derog.

  of whites: See 1913 quote.

• 2b n.

  (familiar use) fellow; old-timer.

• 3 n.

  any native Indian language, especially the Chinook Jargon.

  See also: Chinook Jargon  Siwash tongue  

• 4 n.

  See also: Siwash duck