Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a Native American people formerly located along Massachusetts Bay from Plymouth north to Salem. Reduced by epidemics, the Massachusett ceased to exist as a people during the 1600s.
- noun The Algonquian language of the Massachusett.
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- proper noun A
Native American tribe who lived in the Massachusetts Bay area in the state ofMassachusetts . - proper noun The
extinct Algonquian language of the Massachusett tribe.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Massachusett evidently believes in shady politics and not the law.
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Sounds like Massachusett Dems are really just groupies.
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At one point the storyline required Jennet to be abducted by Algonquin Indians from her home in Haverhill, Massachusett s.
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The voters in Massachusetts opposed redistribution — from Massachusett to other states.
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The word squash originates from the Massachusett Indian word askutasquash, which indicated a vegetable that was eaten raw.
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The word squash originates from the Massachusett Indian word askutasquash, which indicated a vegetable that was eaten raw.
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He soon discovered that the Patuxet, as well as a majority of coastal New England tribes mostly Wampanoag and Massachusett, had been decimated the year before by an epidemic plague, possibly smallpox.
Archive 2009-11-22 Toby O'B 2009
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He soon discovered that the Patuxet, as well as a majority of coastal New England tribes mostly Wampanoag and Massachusett, had been decimated the year before by an epidemic plague, possibly smallpox.
AS SEEN ON TV: SQUANTO Toby O'B 2009
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As told, she was a school teacher and was born in Massachusett.
19th Century American Icon Ms. Dorothea Dix Remembered Nomadicasian 2007
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