Narragansett

[nar-uh-gan-sit]

noun, plural Nar·ra·gan·setts, (especially collectively) Nar·ra·gan·sett.

a member of a North American Indian tribe of the Algonquian family formerly located in Rhode Island but now almost extinct.

an Algonquian language, the language of the Narragansett Indians.

a town in S Rhode Island: includes a resort (Narragansett Pier).

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Examples from the Web for narragansett

And “Visiting”—about a father-son road trip to Narragansett, R.I.—is a prickly minuet of paternal longing.
Great Fiction Missed by The New York Times|Taylor Antrim|December 15, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The young Narragansett's muscles were like steel bands now, and not a member of the Ariel's crew could throw him.
The Story of John Paul Jones|Chelsea Curtis Fraser
War in one of its worst forms raged at all the most vulnerable points of Narragansett Bay.
A short history of Rhode Island|George Washington Greene
"I said my heart was stone;" coldly returned the Narragansett.
The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish|James Fenimore Cooper

The estate consisted of some sixty acres wonderfully located on Narragansett Bay with nearly a mile frontage on the sea.
The Bachelors|William Dana Orcutt
Miss McLeod was going back to Narragansett the next morning.
Hope Mills|Amanda M. Douglas

British Dictionary definitions for narragansett

Narragansett

noun

-sett or -setts a member of a North American Indian people formerly living in Rhode Island

the language of this people, belonging to the Algonquian family

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Word Origin and History for narragansett

Narragansett

1622, from southern New England Algonquian Naiaganset "(people) of the small point of land," containing nai- "a point or angle." Originally in reference to the native people, later to the place in Rhode Island.