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Canonicus

American  
[kuh-non-i-kuhs] / kəˈnɒn ɪ kəs /

noun

  1. c1565–1647, Narragansett leader: yielded Rhode Island to Roger Williams 1636.


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Do you remember the story of Canonicus and the snake skin, and that of Miles Standish and the chiefs?

From The Story of Our Country Every Child Can Read by Hurlbut, Jesse Lyman

Canonicus had no wish to meet a foe who was thus prompt for the encounter.

From King Philip Makers of History by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

These were the Canandaigua, the Canonicus, the Housatonic, and the Roanoke.

From The Victory At Sea by Hendrick, Burton J.

Joannes Canonicus Pariflus, Heloysiam naturalem filiam habehat prastanti ingenio formaque.

From Letters of Abelard and Heloise To which is prefix?d a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes by Bayle, Pierre

Would not Canonicus have led the white men to the spot, and there recounted the traditions of his people?

From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Drake, Samuel Adams