n., pl., Massachusett, or -setts, also Massachuset or -sets.
- A Native American people formerly located along Massachusetts Bay from Plymouth north to Salem. Reduced by epidemics, the Massachusett ceased to exist as a people during the 17th century.
- A member of this people.
- The Algonquian language of the Massachusett.
[From the Massachusett name of Great Blue Hill south of Boston.]
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