Narragansetts

Variant of Narragansett

Narragansett definition

Nar·ra·gan·sett (nar′ə gan′sit)

noun

  1. pl. Narragansetts -·setts or Narragansett -·sett a member of a North American Indian people living west of Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island
  2. the Algonquian language of this people, no longer in use
Also sp. Narraganset Nar′·ra·gan′·set

Etymology: earlier (17th c.) Nanhiggansett, Nanohigganset, etc. < a Narragansett place name of uncert. meaning

adjective

of the Narragansetts or their language or culture

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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