Variant: or Mas · sa · chu · set
Pronunciation: ˌ ma-s ə - ' chü-s ə t, -z ə t also ˌ mas- ' chü-
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural Massachusetts or Massachusett or Massachusets or Massachuset
Etymology: Massachusett, a locality, literally, at the big hill
Date: 1616
1 : a member of an American Indian people of Massachusetts
2 : the extinct Algonquian language of the Massachusett people