Pequot

[pee-kwot]

noun, plural Pe·quots, (especially collectively) Pe·quot.

a member of a powerful tribe of Algonquian-speaking Indians of Connecticut that was essentially destroyed in the Pequot War.

Origin of Pequot

1625–35, Americanism; < Narragansett (E 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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Examples from the Web for pequot

Historical Examples of pequot

In an unyielding circle, the English pressed in upon the Pequot braves.
Famous Indian Chiefs
Charles H. L. Johnston
So they were given permission and they sailed for the Pequot River.
Once Upon A Time In Connecticut
Caroline Clifford Newton
Pequot was the name of the harbor, changed in 1658 to New London.
Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast
Samuel Adams Drake
"Sassacus took it away, that his brother might do no mischief with it," said the Pequot.
The Knight of the Golden Melice
John Turvill Adams
Why should I look at the place where the Pequot and the Pale-face took his life?
The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish
James Fenimore Cooper

British Dictionary definitions for pequot

Pequot

noun

plural -quot or -quots a member of a North American Indian people formerly living in S New England
the language of this people, belonging to the Algonquian family

Word Origin for Pequot

probably based on Narraganset paquatanog destroyers

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