Nipmuck

American  

[nip-muhk] / ˈnɪp mʌk /

noun

plural

Nipmucks,

plural

Nipmuck

1. a member of an Algonquian Indian people living in the vicinity of Worcester, Mass.

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Example Sentences

Last year, 19 tribes sent representatives, including the Miwok and Maidu, from central California; the Pawnee, from Kansas and Nebraska; the Powhatan, from Virginia; and the Nipmuck, from Massachusetts.

From Washington Post

The Wampanoag, along with the Nipmuck, Pocumtuck, and Narragansett, took up arms to drive the English from the land.

From Textbooks

There were also Nipmuck towns between Boston and the Connecticut River Valley, and the Abenakis held most of inland Maine.

From Textbooks

A notorious Nipmuck chief, Monoco, called by the English One-eyed John, led this expedition.

From Project Gutenberg

The Nipmuck Indians were a powerful tribe, consisting of many petty clans spread over the whole of the interior of Massachusetts.

From Project Gutenberg