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Pequot

Pronunciation: /ˈpiːkwɒt/
Definition of Pequot

noun (plural same 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'

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Definition of Pequot in the US English dictionary
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