Edit: thank you for your comments, folks. I have my answers and appreciate you all’s help.
I’m writing a story with a character with dwarfism, but fantasy-style dwarves already exist in this world so I’d like another word for her.
I may change it though because idk much about dwarfism and don’t wanna risk her falling into any disrespectful stereotypes I’m not aware of.
In dutch we called mini-golf midget-golf. The first time I used that term abroad people looked at me as if I was insane. Slurs are very country- and context dependent, but for a wider audience it is always best to avoid them.