Massachusett


Mas·sa·chu·sett

also Mas·sa·chu·set M0137200 (măs′ə-cho͞o′sĭt, -zĭt)n. pl. Massachusett or Mas·sa·chu·setts also Massachuset or Mas·sa·chu·sets 1. 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.2. The Algonquian language of the Massachusett.
[From the Massachusett name of Great Blue Hill south of Boston.]

Mas•sa•chu•sett

or Mas•sa•chu•set

(ˌmæs əˈtʃu sɪt)

n., pl. -setts or -sets, (esp. collectively) -sett or -set. 1. a member of an American Indian people of E Massachusetts. 2. the extinct Eastern Algonquian language of the Massachusetts.