Massachusett
Americannoun
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Massachusetts,
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Massachusett
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a member of an extinct tribe of North American Indians of eastern Massachusetts.
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the extinct Algonquian language of the Massachusett and Wampanoag Indians.
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Etymology
Origin of Massachusett
1610–20, the Massachusett name of Great Blue Hill south of Boston, literally, at the big hill
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“What a great, universal way of teaching language,” she said of the project done in consultation with a member of the Massachusett Tribe and other Native Americans.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 20, 2023
“What a great, universal way of teaching language,” she said of the project done in consultation with a a member of the Massachusett Tribe and other Native Americans.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 19, 2023
During the preceding years, an epidemic had struck Massachusetts Bay Indians, killing between seventy-five and ninety per cent of the Wampanoag and the Massachusett people.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 18, 2019
Peter Slavin, president of Massachusett General Hospital in Boston, said that an important aspect of evaluating hospitals on how well they do procedures is determining whether they do too many of them.
From US News ● Oct. 2, 2012
Puritan leaders were horrified when some members of a rival English settlement began living with the Massachusett Indians.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
A former Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor forced to leave his job over sexual-harassment allegations won a defamation lawsuit against his accuser, with a jury ordering her to pay him $6 million in damages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
The Massachusetts Municipal Association, a nonprofit organization, opposes the measure.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
He was also a student at University of California at Berkeley and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
From California to Massachusetts, they will decide on initiatives that could impact local housing markets and address the soaring cost of homes that have frustrated so many Americans.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
In response, the British governor of Massachusetts closed down the legislature, and Gage ordered more troops from England.
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
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