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

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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

The Massachusett Tribe at Ponkapoag says Myles Standish Hall should be renamed Wituwamat Memorial Hall after a leading Native American figure massacred with other tribal members by Plymouth Colony settlers in 1623.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 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

Puritan leaders were horrified when some members of a rival English settlement began living with the Massachusett Indians.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

That means selling appreciated Massachusetts property before establishing Florida residency could leave you owing Massachusetts taxes on the gain.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 8, 2026

The UMG and Sony litigation is ongoing, with a fair use hearing set for Massachusetts federal court and the labels seeking to expand their complaint.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

Included in that fortune are multiple properties: the remaining New York City townhouse, an estate outside of Philadelphia, a sprawling compound in Massachusetts, and a home in Pacific Palisades, Calif.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026

Only a handful of states, including Massachusetts and Hawaii, have barred marital status as a rating factor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

In Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, for example, opponents of the Constitution objected to the implicit acceptance of slavery’s persistence, represented by the three-fifths clause and the twenty-year extension of the slave trade.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis