Pequot
[ pee-kwot ]
/ ˈpi kwɒt /
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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.
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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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Pequot
/ (ˈpiːkwɒt) /
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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