HyperDic: wampanoag

English > 1 sense of the word Wampanoag:
NOUNperson Wampanoaga member of the Algonquian people of Rhode Island and Massachusetts who greeted the Pilgrims
English > Wampanoag: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningA member of the Algonquian people of Rhode Island and Massachusetts who greeted the Pilgrims.
InstancesMassasoitWampanoag leader who aided the Pilgrims (1580-1661)
BroaderAlgonquian, AlgonquinA member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally / originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada

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