Definitions for Pequot

Pequot Pe·quot

Spelling: [pee-kwot]
IPA: /ˈpi kwɒt/

Pequot is a 6 letter English word.

You can make 59 anagrams from letters in Pequot (eopqtu).

Definitions for Pequot

noun

  1. a member of a powerful tribe of Algonquian-speaking Indians of Connecticut that was essentially destroyed in the Pequot War.

Origin of Pequot

1625-35, Americanism; Narragansett (E spelling) Pequttôog (plural), and the cognate in other SE New England languages, e.g., (Dutch spelling) Pequat(s), Pequatoo(s), probably literally, peopl

Examples for Pequot

Why should I look at the place where the Pequot and the Pale-face took his life?

Monopoide, a Pequot, noted for his swiftness, pursued in such a way as to force the chief to cross or be caught.

"Sassacus took it away, that his brother might do no mischief with it," said the Pequot.

By day he thought of Pequot scalps, at night he heard the dying words of Miantonimoh.

The Indians passed safely and carried their captives with them to the Pequot country.

Pequot was the name of the harbor, changed in 1658 to New London.

He was also a militant Christian, and was present in the fighting against the Pequot Indians.

Desborough was a landowner in Hartford, having received a grant of fifty acres for his services in the Pequot war.

In an unyielding circle, the English pressed in upon the Pequot braves.

So they were given permission and they sailed for the Pequot River.

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