Pe·quot (p  kw t )n. pl. Pequot or Pe·quots 1. a. 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. Pe quot adj. |
Pequot [ˈpiːkwɒt]
n
1. (Social Science / Peoples) pl -quot, -quots a member of a North American Indian people formerly living in S New England
2. (Linguistics / Languages) the language of this people, belonging to the Algonquian family
[probably based on Narraganset paquatanog destroyers]
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