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Nar⋅ra⋅gan⋅set

  [nar-uh-gan-sit]
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–noun, plural -sets, (especially collectively) -set.
Narragansett.
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Nar·ra·gan·sett also Nar·ra·gan·set   (nār'ə-gān'sĭt)   
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.
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