Pequot

noun

Pe·​quot ˈpē-ˌkwät 

plural Pequot or Pequots

: a member of an Algonquian-speaking Indigenous people of what is now eastern Connecticut

Note: Current-day members of the Pequot live as part of the federally recognized Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation.

Examples of Pequot in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Brenda Geer, vice chairwoman of the Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation, said its land once was 8,000 acres. —Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2025

Some sites are invisible to the untrained eye, but at Mashantucket Pequot Reservation in Connecticut, visitors can experience a reconstructed fort from 1675. —Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 8 Feb. 2025

In 2021, Phelps and veteran New Haven journalist Randall Beach co-authored The Legendary Toad’s Place: Stories from New Haven’s Famed Music Venue (Globe Pequot) and hosted a book party at the club. —Thom Duffy, Billboard, 27 Jan. 2025

In Pequot Lakes, stop into the trailside Outpost for a scoop of ice cream. —Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 27 Jan. 2025

The new Grace by Nia space is being built to the right of High Rollers on the lower level of Foxwoods’ Pequot area. —Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 14 Apr. 2024

With an ideal location one block from the beach and just four blocks from the ferry, the Pequot is easily walkable to Circuit Avenue. —Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 4 June 2024

Connecticut Individuals and businesses in New London County as well as the Tribal Nations of Mohegan and Mashantucket Pequot have until June 17 to file and pay after storms caused a partial dam breach in January. —James Powel, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024

There are hundreds of examples, including the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center in Mashantucket, Connecticut; the Osage Nation Museum in Pawhuska, Oklahoma; and the Himdag Ki: Tohono O’odham Nation Cultural Center and Museum in Sells, Arizona. —Kathleen Duval, TIME, 10 Apr. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Narragansett Pequttôog

First Known Use

1631, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Pequot

• acknow
• aglow
• ago
• airglow
• aloe
• altho
• although
• ammo
• backflow
• backhoe
• banjo
• barbeau