Massachusett

[ mas-uh-choo-sit ]

noun

, plural Mas·sa·chu·setts, (especially collectively) Mas·sa·chu·sett

1. a member of an extinct tribe of North American Indians of eastern Massachusetts.
2. the extinct Algonquian language of the Massachusett and Wampanoag Indians.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Massachusett¹

1610–20, Americanism; the Massachusett name of Great Blue Hill south of Boston, literally, at the big hill

Example Sentences

He instances the Massachusett God, Kiehtan, who created the other gods, and receives the just into heaven.

From Project Gutenberg

This was afterwards attempted by the British legislature, in the case of the Massachusett's Bay.

From Project Gutenberg