Massasoit
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Ousamequin, often referred to as Massasoit, which is his title and means “great sachem,” faced a nearly impossible situation, historians and educators said.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 4, 2021
Many pages are devoted to imagining the details of a discussion between Roger Williams and the Wampanoag Massasoit.
From New York Times • Mar. 12, 2021
When the Pilgrims encountered Ousamequin, they were meeting a paramount sachem, a Massasoit, who commanded the respect necessary to establish strategy for other groups in the region.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 18, 2019
He proposes closing the Mount Carmel church building and creating a merged parish that would worship at Our Lady of Loreto Church on Massasoit Road.
From Washington Times • Apr. 2, 2016
Massasoit showed up with ninety people, most of them young men with weapons.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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