Massachusettn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌmasəˈtʃuːsᵻt/, U.S.

/ˌmæsəˈtʃusət/

Inflections: Plural Massachusetts, unchanged.

Forms: 1600s Masachuset, 1600s Masichewsett, 1600s Massatuchet, 1600s Massetuset, 1600s Mathatuset, 1600s Mattachuceset, 1600s Mattachuset, 1600s Messachusett, 1600s Messachusiack, 1600s Messathusett, 1600s 1700s 1900s– Massachuset, 1600s– Massachusett.

Origin: A borrowing from Massachusett. Etymon: Massachusett Massachusêuck.

Etymology: < the Massachusett name of the Great Blue Hill in Milton, Massachusetts, the basis of the Massachusett self-designation Massachusêuck.Additional forms ending in -s, originally English plurals, are sometimes used for the singular, under the influence of the name of the state of Massachusetts.

Now chiefly historical.

A. n.

1. A member of an Algonquian people inhabiting an area forming the eastern part of the present-day state of Massachusetts.

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the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of North-Eastern America > [noun] > Algonquians of Eastern Seaboard

Powhatan1608

Mohicanc1614

Massachusett1616

Penobscot1624

Pequot1631

Narragansett1637

Nipmuc1637

Algonquin1667

Wampanoag1676

Minisink1694

Abenaki1698

Lenape1728

Maliseet1749

Munsee1756

Passamaquoddy1759

Micmac1760

Podunk1797

Algic1839

Virginia Algonquian1903

1616 J. Smith Descr. New Eng. 27 The Massachusets, they report, sometimes haue warres with the Bashabes of Penobskot; and are not alwaies friends with them of Chawun and their alliants.

1687 R. Blome Present State Isles & Territories Amer. 232 To the North, Aberginians, which consist of Mattachusets, Wippanaps and Tarentines.

1782 J. H. St. J. de Crèvecoeur Lett. from Amer. Farmer iv. 144 Those powerful tribes..the..Massachusets, Wamponougs, Nipnets, Taranteens, &c. They are gone.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 656/1 The chief tribes included in this stock were the Algonquin, Malecite. Micmac.., Massachuset, Menominee..[etc.].

1977 Sci. Amer. Sept. 50/3 It bears the passage from Mark in the translation of John Eliot of Roxbury, who worked 15 years to learn the language of the Massachusetts.

1996 Handbk. N. Amer. Indians XVII. 158/2 Massachusett...was the language of the Massachusetts, Nausets, and Pokanokets.

2. The extinct Algonquian language of the Massachusetts. Also called Natick.John Eliot translated the Bible into Massachusett in 1653, but Eliot himself does not seem to have known the language by this name.

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the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [noun] > northern Amerindian > Algonquian > Algonquian languages

Illinois1703

Ojibwa1743

Chippewa1791

Shawnee1792

Miami-Illinois1804

Natick1822

Delaware1826

Munsee1828

Nanticoke1845

Blackfoot1846

Pequot1848

Potawatomi1848

Wiyot1851

Montagnais1852

Passamaquoddy1856

Abenaki1858

Narragansett1866

Lenape1888

Penobscot1891

Powhatan1895

Menominee1896

Micmac1902

Meskwaki1907

Maliseet1912

Cheyenne1933

Kickapoo1933

Massachusett1933

Mohican1933

Sauk1933

Virginia Algonquian1971

Ottawa1982

1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. 72 The Algonquian family covers the northeastern part of the continent and includes the languages of..New England (Penobscot, Massachusetts..and so on).

1986 W. S. Simmons Spirit New Eng. Tribes ii. 35 The last Massachusett speakers died around the end of the nineteenth century.

1992 Internat. Encycl. Linguistics I. 47/2 Massachusett, an extinct language of southeastern Massachusetts, USA. Also known as Natick or Wampanoag.

B. adj.

Of or relating to the Massachusetts or their language.

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the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of North-Eastern America > [adjective] > Algonquians of Eastern Seaboard

Massachusett1622

Pequot1634

Nipmuc1636

Mohican1637

Natick1677

Minisink1694

Algonquin1698

Passamaquoddy1726

Penobscot1727

Abenaki1746

Micmac1767

Maliseet1770

Munsee1779

Powhatan1785

Mashpee1809

Powhatanic1855

Virginia Algonquian1870

Wampanoag1948

Mashpee Wampanoag1977

1622 Relation Eng. Plantation Plimoth, New Eng. 57 Also the Squa Sachim, or Massachusets Queene was an enemy to him.

1709 E. Mayhew (title) Massachusett Psalter.

1781 B. Franklin Let. 7 May in Wks. (1809) VI. 101 Is it not the Bible of the Massachusetts Language, translated by Eliot, and printed in New England, about the middle of the last Century?

1849 H. D. Thoreau Week Concord & Merrimack Rivers 85 The Bible and Catechism, and Baxter's Call to the Unconverted, and other tracts, done into the Massachusetts tongue.

1996 Handbk. N. Amer. Indians XVII. 159/2 Because his native language was English, Eliot heard Massachusett /p/ sometimes as voiceless [p]. sometimes as voiced [b], and sometimes as a combination of the two.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	massachusett
释义	Massachusettn.adj. Brit. /ˌmasəˈtʃuːsᵻt/, U.S. /ˌmæsəˈtʃusət/ Inflections: Plural Massachusetts, unchanged. Forms: 1600s Masachuset, 1600s Masichewsett, 1600s Massatuchet, 1600s Massetuset, 1600s Mathatuset, 1600s Mattachuceset, 1600s Mattachuset, 1600s Messachusett, 1600s Messachusiack, 1600s Messathusett, 1600s 1700s 1900s– Massachuset, 1600s– Massachusett. Origin: A borrowing from Massachusett. Etymon: Massachusett Massachusêuck. Etymology: < the Massachusett name of the Great Blue Hill in Milton, Massachusetts, the basis of the Massachusett self-designation Massachusêuck.Additional forms ending in -s, originally English plurals, are sometimes used for the singular, under the influence of the name of the state of Massachusetts. Now chiefly historical. A. n. 1. A member of an Algonquian people inhabiting an area forming the eastern part of the present-day state of Massachusetts. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of North-Eastern America > [noun] > Algonquians of Eastern Seaboard Powhatan1608 Mohicanc1614 Massachusett1616 Penobscot1624 Pequot1631 Narragansett1637 Nipmuc1637 Algonquin1667 Wampanoag1676 Minisink1694 Abenaki1698 Lenape1728 Maliseet1749 Munsee1756 Passamaquoddy1759 Micmac1760 Podunk1797 Algic1839 Virginia Algonquian1903 1616 J. Smith Descr. New Eng. 27 The Massachusets, they report, sometimes haue warres with the Bashabes of Penobskot; and are not alwaies friends with them of Chawun and their alliants. 1687 R. Blome Present State Isles & Territories Amer. 232 To the North, Aberginians, which consist of Mattachusets, Wippanaps and Tarentines. 1782 J. H. St. J. de Crèvecoeur Lett. from Amer. Farmer iv. 144 Those powerful tribes..the..Massachusets, Wamponougs, Nipnets, Taranteens, &c. They are gone. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 656/1 The chief tribes included in this stock were the Algonquin, Malecite. Micmac.., Massachuset, Menominee..[etc.]. 1977 Sci. Amer. Sept. 50/3 It bears the passage from Mark in the translation of John Eliot of Roxbury, who worked 15 years to learn the language of the Massachusetts. 1996 Handbk. N. Amer. Indians XVII. 158/2 Massachusett...was the language of the Massachusetts, Nausets, and Pokanokets. 2. The extinct Algonquian language of the Massachusetts. Also called Natick.John Eliot translated the Bible into Massachusett in 1653, but Eliot himself does not seem to have known the language by this name. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [noun] > northern Amerindian > Algonquian > Algonquian languages Illinois1703 Ojibwa1743 Chippewa1791 Shawnee1792 Miami-Illinois1804 Natick1822 Delaware1826 Munsee1828 Nanticoke1845 Blackfoot1846 Pequot1848 Potawatomi1848 Wiyot1851 Montagnais1852 Passamaquoddy1856 Abenaki1858 Narragansett1866 Lenape1888 Penobscot1891 Powhatan1895 Menominee1896 Micmac1902 Meskwaki1907 Maliseet1912 Cheyenne1933 Kickapoo1933 Massachusett1933 Mohican1933 Sauk1933 Virginia Algonquian1971 Ottawa1982 1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. 72 The Algonquian family covers the northeastern part of the continent and includes the languages of..New England (Penobscot, Massachusetts..and so on). 1986 W. S. Simmons Spirit New Eng. Tribes ii. 35 The last Massachusett speakers died around the end of the nineteenth century. 1992 Internat. Encycl. Linguistics I. 47/2 Massachusett, an extinct language of southeastern Massachusetts, USA. Also known as Natick or Wampanoag. B. adj. Of or relating to the Massachusetts or their language. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of North-Eastern America > [adjective] > Algonquians of Eastern Seaboard Massachusett1622 Pequot1634 Nipmuc1636 Mohican1637 Natick1677 Minisink1694 Algonquin1698 Passamaquoddy1726 Penobscot1727 Abenaki1746 Micmac1767 Maliseet1770 Munsee1779 Powhatan1785 Mashpee1809 Powhatanic1855 Virginia Algonquian1870 Wampanoag1948 Mashpee Wampanoag1977 1622 Relation Eng. Plantation Plimoth, New Eng. 57 Also the Squa Sachim, or Massachusets Queene was an enemy to him. 1709 E. Mayhew (title) Massachusett Psalter. 1781 B. Franklin Let. 7 May in Wks. (1809) VI. 101 Is it not the Bible of the Massachusetts Language, translated by Eliot, and printed in New England, about the middle of the last Century? 1849 H. D. Thoreau Week Concord & Merrimack Rivers 85 The Bible and Catechism, and Baxter's Call to the Unconverted, and other tracts, done into the Massachusetts tongue. 1996 Handbk. N. Amer. Indians XVII. 159/2 Because his native language was English, Eliot heard Massachusett /p/ sometimes as voiceless [p]. sometimes as voiced [b], and sometimes as a combination of the two. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1616
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