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.

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

He, therefore, first sailed down to the Pequot (Thames) River, and pretended to land at its mouth.
Famous Indian Chiefs|Charles H. L. Johnston
Jack Rattleton strode along the river bank and out to the end of the Pequot pier.
Harvard Stories|Waldron Kintzing Post
"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
The English knew that at a short distance from them there was another fort filled with Pequot warriors.
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

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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