Massachusett

Massachusett Definition

Mas·sa·chu·sett (mas′ə c̸ho̵̅o̅′sit)

noun

pl. -·setts or -·sett a member of a North American Indian people that lived around Massachusetts Bay
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

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