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

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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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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

Residents approved her plan and will install about 70 signs featuring the language of the Massachusett Tribe, which English settlers encountered upon their arrival.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 19, 2023

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

In the spring of 1622 Tisquantum accompanied a delegation to the Massachusett in Boston Harbor.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

In one experiment in 2012, a team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology gave mice a mild electric shock in a particular cage.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s endowment was among those with more modest returns, with a 10.3% gain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 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

He was also a student at University of California at Berkeley and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

Cambridge, England, was behind Cambridge, Massachusetts: at Harvard, George Sarton gave his first lecture course in the history of science in 1917 and became professor of the history of science in 1940.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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