MASSACHUSET

• MASSACHUSET (noun)
  The noun MASSACHUSET has 2 senses:

1. the Algonquian language of the Massachuset
2. a member of the Algonquian people who formerly lived around Massachusetts Bay

  Familiarity information: MASSACHUSET used as a noun is rare.

• MASSACHUSET (noun)

Meaning:

The Algonquian language of the Massachuset

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Massachuset; Massachusetts

Hypernyms ("Massachuset" is a kind of...):

Algonquian; Algonquian language; Algonquin (family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains)

Meaning:

A member of the Algonquian people who formerly lived around Massachusetts Bay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Massachuset; Massachusetts

Hypernyms ("Massachuset" is a kind of...):

Algonquian; Algonquin (a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada; many Algonquian tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast)