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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Pe•quot (pē′kwot),USA pronunciation n., pl. -quots, (esp. collectively) -quot. - Language Varietiesa member of a powerful tribe of Algonquian-speaking Indians of Connecticut that was essentially destroyed in the Pequot War.
- Narragansett (English spelling, spelled) Pequttôog (plural), and the cognate in other SE New England languages, e.g., (Dutch spelling, spelled) Pequat(s), Pequatoo(s), probably literally, people of the shoals
- 1625–35, American.
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