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san⋅nup

[san-uhp]
–noun
a married American Indian man, esp. a younger one; husband.

Origin:
1620–30, Americanism; < Massachusett (E sp.) sanomp (c. Eastern Abenaki sénαpe man, male person)
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san·nup   (sān'əp)   
n.  A married Native American man.

[Of Massachusett origin.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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