Penobscot
noun
a river flowing S from N Maine into Penobscot Bay. 350 miles (565 km) long.
Penobscots
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pluralof Penobscot.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The Penobscots, whose reservation is on an island in the river, sued in 2012 after then-Attorney General William Schneider issued an opinion that the tribe’s territory was limited to islands.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 18, 2022
The declaration is familiar to many Penobscots because a copy of the document was displayed at the tribal offices at Indian Island, Maine.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 4, 2021
The land transferred from Elliotsville Foundation is located to the west of the town of Brownsville in Piscataquis County, in between two parcels of land already owned by Penobscots.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 30, 2020
In Maine the Penobscots and Passamaquoddies, who once demanded 12 million acres, or two-thirds of the state, have come down to 300,000 acres, and may well settle for less.
From Time Magazine Archive
After long delay, four chiefs appeared, fully empowered, as they said, to make peace, not for the Penobscots only, but for the other Abenaki tribes, their allies.
From A Half Century of Conflict - Volume I France and England in North America by Francis Parkman
