Pequot

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/ˈpiːˌkwɒt/

noun

A member of a tribe of Native Americans who historically inhabited eastern Connecticut and spoke a variety of Mohegan-Pequot.

OriginNarragansett Pequttôog →
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Meanings

nounPequot (plural Pequots or Pequot)

plural Pequots · alternative Pequod

  1. A member of a tribe of Native Americans who historically inhabited eastern Connecticut and spoke a variety of Mohegan-Pequot.
proper noun

alternative Pequod

  1. This tribe.
  2. The variety of Mohegan-Pequot spoken by this tribe.

Origin

  1. NarragansettPequttôog“people of the shoals”
  2. EnglishPequot

Attested in English since the 1620s/1630s, from Narragansett Pequttôog (“people of the shoals”) (compare Abenaki pôgwa (“shallow, shoal”)).

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APA

Pequot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pequot

MLA

“Pequot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pequot. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Pequot,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pequot.

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