noun
- pl. Narragansetts or Narragansett a member of a North American Indian people living west of Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island
- the Algonquian language of this people, no longer in use
Origin:
earlier (17th c.) Nanhiggansett, Nanohigganset, etc. < a Narragansett place name of uncert. meaning
adjective
of the Narragansetts or their language or culture