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Pequot

[ pee-kwot ]
/ ˈpi kwɒt /

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

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”

Words nearby Pequot

peptone, peptonize, Pepys, Pepys' Diary, Péquiste, Pequot, Pequot War, per, Pera, peracid, peracute
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British Dictionary definitions for Pequot

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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