Pequots

Variant of Pequot

Pequot definition

Pe·quot (pē′kwät′)

noun

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

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

adjective

of the Pequots or their language or culture

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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