Massachusett
[mas-
uh
-
choo
-sit]
/ˌmæs əˈtʃu sɪt/
noun
,
plural
Massachusetts
(
especially 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.
Also,
Massachuset,
Massachusetts
.
Origin
1610-20,
Americanism; the
Massachusett
name of Great Blue Hill south of Boston, literally, at the big hill