Pequot

American  

[pee-kwot] / ˈpi kwɒt /

noun

Pequots plural

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

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Pequot British  

/ ˈpiːkwɒt /

noun

1. 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

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Etymology

Origin of Pequot

First recorded in 1625–35, 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”

Example Sentences

Didn’t the Puritans burn the village of the Pequot people?

From Salon • Jan. 13, 2024

He moved from the investment bank to hedge fund Pequot Capital Management where he worked until it went out of business in 2009.

From Reuters • Oct. 26, 2023

On Saturday, the Fargo Police Department will escort his cremains to Pequot Lakes, Minnesota, where a funeral service will be held.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 21, 2023

I am a tribal elder in the Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation and 36-year D.C. resident who has fully embraced its professional football team.

From Washington Post • Feb. 9, 2022

Sixteen years later, however, the Indigenous villages had recovered and were a barrier to the settlers moving into the Colony of Connecticut, which was in Pequot territory.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz