Massachusett

Massachusett
/mas'euh chooh"sit/, n., pl. Massachusetts, (esp. collectively) Massachusett for 1.
1. a member of an extinct tribe of North American Indians of eastern Massachusetts.
2. the extinct Algonquian language of the Massachusett and Wampanoag Indians.
[1610-20, Amer.; the Massachusett name of Great Blue Hill south of Boston, lit., at the big hill]

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