Pequot

 
Pronunciation: /ˈpiːkwɒt/

noun (plural or Pequots)

  • 1a member of an American Indian people of southern New England.
  • 2 [mass noun] the extinct Algonquian language of the Pequot.

adjective

  • relating to the Pequot or their language.

Origin:

from Narragansett paquatanog 'destroyers'