Narragansett
noun
a member of a North American Indian tribe of the Algonquian family formerly located in Rhode Island but now almost extinct.
Narragansetts
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pluralof Narragansett.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The Narragansetts are thankful, the tribe’s medicine man and historic preservation officer John Brown III told The Boston Globe.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 27, 2021
His traditional enemies, the Narragansetts, held the opposite shore.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
The survivors were handed over to the Mohegans and Narragansetts, the Pequots’ traditional enemies who fought with the English.
From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2017
Price per pound: $4.99 for Broad-Breasted Whites, $25 deposit required; $9.99 for heritage Red Bourbons and Narragansetts, $25 deposit required.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2016
The powerful Narragansetts, his neighbors on the west, were not prepared, and sent no warriors at once; but certain of the other tribes did respond with gun and hatchet and fire.
From Boys' Book of Indian Warriors and Heroic Indian Women by Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) Sabin
