Pequot
Americannoun
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Pequots,
plural
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Pequot
plural
noun
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a member of a North American Indian people formerly living in S New England
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the language of this people, belonging to the Algonquian family
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Etymology
Origin of Pequot
First recorded in 1625–35, from Narragansett ( English spelling) Pequttôog (plural), and the cognate in other SE New England languages, e.g., ( Dutch spelling) Pequat(s),Pequatoo(s), probably literally, “people of the shoals”
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He moved from the investment bank to hedge fund Pequot Capital Management where he worked until it went out of business in 2009.
From Reuters ● Oct. 26, 2023
He also helped craft a compact with the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation which ultimately brought casino gambling to eastern Connecticut.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 28, 2023
The scandal surrounded a meeting he had with Nevada Republicans and MGM Resorts International, while they tried to fight a planned casino by the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes in Connecticut.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2022
I am a tribal elder in the Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation and 36-year D.C. resident who has fully embraced its professional football team.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 9, 2022
Sixteen years later, however, the Indigenous villages had recovered and were a barrier to the settlers moving into the Colony of Connecticut, which was in Pequot territory.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Lamont‘s chief of staff, Paul Mounds, issued a statement saying the administration agrees the Mashantucket Pequots, owners and operators of Foxwoods Resort Casino, “must be a party in any agreement.”
From Washington Times ● Mar. 3, 2021
It looked like a tool, possibly traded to the Pequots, or repurposed by them.
From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2017
The Eastern Pequots had their own plans for a casino with a different builder.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 25, 2016
Stone, who said he didn’t advise Trump to disparage the Pequots, called the observation an example of “the Trump double-down,” a tendency to push even further when faced with hostile questions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2016
In 1636 the Pequots were blamed for killing an Englishman named Oldham.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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