Massachusett

American  

[mas-uh-choo-sit] / ˌmæs əˈtʃu sɪt /

Also Massachuset,

noun

• Massachusetts,
  plural
• Massachusett
  plural

1. a member of an extinct tribe of North American Indians of eastern Massachusetts.

2. the extinct Algonquian language of the Massachusett and Wampanoag Indians.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Massachusett
  plural
• Massachusetts
  plural

Etymology

Origin of Massachusett

1610–20, the Massachusett name of Great Blue Hill south of Boston, literally, at the big hill

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

Massachusett Massachusetts

“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

Native Americans from local tribes, including the Massachusett, Wampanoag, and Nipmuc, were also enslaved after being taken as prisoners of war, the organizations said.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 28, 2021

But, to the west, the Narragansetts—traditional rivals largely untouched by the epidemic—now outnumbered the Wampanoags, and that led to the strengthening of Ousamequin’s alliances with the surviving Massachusett and another nearby group, the Nipmucks.

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

Sometimes the two men were able to work together, as when Hobamok and Tisquantum helped the Pilgrims negotiate a treaty with the Massachusett to the north.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

The age of consent in Massachusetts is 16 years old.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology took the top spot in the U.S.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

His first election, to the Massachusetts House in 1936, taught him the value of community concerns, constituent service and trust.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

Under Massachusetts law, prosecutors had to prove beyond any reasonable doubt that Clancy was criminally responsible for the jury to find her guilty.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Socios en Salud wasn’t granted access to Peru’s national lab, so Farmer sent the ten specimens back to Boston and deposited them at the Massachusetts State Lab.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French