Pequot

(kwät′)

noun

  1. pl. Pequots or Pequot a member of a North American Indian people dominant in E Connecticut until conquered in 1637
  2. the Algonquian language of this people

Origin: Narragansett, ? lit., people of the shoal

adjective

of the Pequots or their language or culture

See Pequot in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. Pequot Pequot or Pe·quots
  1. a. A Native American people formerly inhabiting eastern Connecticut, with present-day descendants in the same area. The Pequot and the Mohegan were the same people until the Mohegan broke away under Uncas in the early 17th century.
    b. A member of this people.
  2. The Algonquian language of the Pequot, dialectally related to Mohegan and Montauk.

Related Forms:

  • Peˈquot adjective
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