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Nar·ra·gan·sett also Nar·ra·gan·set     (nār'ə-gān'sĭt)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. Narragansett or Nar·ra·gan·setts also Narraganset or Nar·ra·gan·sets
    1. A Native American people formerly inhabiting Rhode Island west of Narragansett Bay, with present-day descendants in the same area. The Narragansett were nearly exterminated during King Philip's War in 1675-1676.
    2. A member of this people.
    3. The Algonquian language of the Narragansett.
  2. Any of a breed of small sturdy saddle horse developed in Rhode Island.

[From a Narragansett place name.]
Nar'ra·gan'sett adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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