| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Pequot |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Pe·quot |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  p  kw t |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. Pequot or Pe·quots
1a. A Native American people formerly inhabiting eastern Connecticut, with present-day descendants in the same area. The Pequot and the Mohegan were the same people until the Mohegan broke away under Uncas in the early 17th century. b. A member of this people. 2. The Algonquian language of the Pequot, dialectally related to Mohegan and Montauk. | | OTHER FORMS: | Pequot —ADJECTIVE
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