Pequot

[ pee-kwot ]

noun,plural Pe·quots, (especially collectively) Pe·quot.
  1. a member of a powerful tribe of Algonquian-speaking Indians of Connecticut that was essentially destroyed in the Pequot War.

Origin of Pequot

1
First recorded in 1625–35, Americanism; 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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How to use Pequot in a sentence

  • Her book, ILLEGAL, Life and Death in Arizona's Immigration War Zone, will be published July 1st by the Globe Pequot Press.

    Immigration's New Poster Child | Terry Greene Sterling | June 12, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • Her book, ILLEGAL, Life and Death in the Undocumented Underground, will be published in August by the Globe Pequot Press.

    The Immigrant Prison Nightmare | Terry Greene Sterling | April 30, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • Monopoide, a Pequot, noted for his swiftness, pursued in such a way as to force the chief to cross or be caught.

  • The settlers also angered them by purchasing lands from the Mohegans, and ignoring the Pequot chiefs.

    The Colonization of North America | Herbert Eugene Bolton
  • It was but twelve miles from the ford to the first Pequot fort on the banks of the Mystic.

    King Philip | John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
  • He then sailed for Pequot Harbor, where a warrior of the army under Sassacus came out in a canoe to demand who the intruders were.

    Famous Indian Chiefs | Charles H. L. Johnston
  • He, therefore, first sailed down to the Pequot (Thames) River, and pretended to land at its mouth.

    Famous Indian Chiefs | Charles H. L. Johnston

British Dictionary definitions for Pequot

Pequot

/ (ˈpiːkwɒt) /


noun
  1. plural -quot or -quots a member of a North American Indian people formerly living in S New England

  2. the language of this people, belonging to the Algonquian family

Origin of Pequot

1
probably based on Narraganset paquatanog destroyers

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