Narraganset
Americannoun
-
Narragansets,
plural
-
Narraganset
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
His eight pending suits now include the Oneida claim to 300,000 acres in New York State, the Narraganset claim to 3,200 acres in Rhode Island and the Western Pequot claim to 800 acres in Connecticut.
From Time Magazine Archive
Among the most celebrated spots: Stafford Springs, Connecticut, was originally discovered by the Mohegan and Narraganset Indians, who said the waters made them feel lively.
From Time Magazine Archive
Josselyn has also this reference to Old Plymouth: "At the farther end of the bay, by the mouth of Narraganset River, on the south side thereof was Old Plymouth plantation, Anno 1602."
From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Adams Drake
He led the party that dared to resist the crown task-masters and destroyed the British sloop of war Gasper in Narraganset Bay in 1772.
From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by L. Carroll Judson
South-west of them was the fertile Narraganset country, with fair Aquidneck within their patent.
From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Adams Drake
Where are the Mohawks, the Shawnees, the Delawares, and the Narragansets?
From The White Squaw by Mayne Reid
In the year 1648, marauding bands of the Narragansets committed intolerable outrages against the people of Rhode Island, killing their cattle, robbing their houses, and insulting and even beating the inmates.
From King Philip Makers of History by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
The Narragansets invaded the territory of the Mohegans, and a battle occurred on the Great Plains, near Greenville, a mile and a half below Norwich.
From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Adams Drake
The Narragansets stood in great dread of the Pequots, and it was feared that their zeal might grow cold.
From King Philip Makers of History by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
By alliance with the English he preserved his people for many generations after the more numerous and powerful Pequots, Narragansets, and Wampanoags had ceased to exist.
From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Adams Drake
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
