Massachuset

Variant of Massachusett

Massachusett definition

Mas·sa·chu·sett (mas′ə c̸ho̵̅o̅′sit)

noun

  1. pl. Massachusetts -·setts or Massachusett -·sett a member of a North American Indian people that lived around Massachusetts Bay
  2. the Algonquian language of this people and certain adjacent peoples, which is now extinct

Etymology: Massachusett name of Great Blue Hill (SW of Boston), lit., at the large hill

Also sp. Massachuset Mas′·sa·chu′·set

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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