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Pequot

Syllabification: (Pe·quot)

Pronunciation: /ˈpēˌkwät/

Definition of Pequot

noun (plural same or Pequots)

1a member of an American Indian people of southern New England.

2the Algonquian language of the Pequot, closely related to Mohegan.

adjective

relating to the Pequot or their language.

Origin:

from Narragansett pequttóog, perhaps 'people of the shoals'

Pequot in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Pequot in the British & World English dictionary

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offing

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