a member of a Native American people formerly living in S New England
2.
the language of this people, belonging to the Algonquian family
Word origin
probably based on Narraganset paquatanog destroyers
Pequot in American English
(ˈpikwɑt)
nounWord forms: plural-quots or esp collectively -quot
a member of a powerful Algonquian-speaking Native American tribe of Connecticut that was essentially destroyed in the Pequot War
Word origin
[1625–35, Amer.; ‹ Narragansett (E sp.) Pequttôog (pl.), and the cognate in other SE New England languages, e.g., (D sp.) Pequat(s), Pequatoo(s), prob. lit., people of the shoals]