sannup

[ san-uhp ]

noun
  1. a married American Indian man, especially a younger one; husband.

Origin of sannup

1
First recorded in 1620–30, Americanism; from Massachusett (English spelling) sanomp (cognate with Eastern Abenaki sénαpe “man, male person”)

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