Variant: also Nar · ra · gan · set
Pronunciation: ˌ na-r ə - ' gan(t)-s ə t
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -sett or -setts also -set or -sets
Etymology: modification of Narragansett Nahicans, Nayohygunsic, locale on Narragansett Bay
Date: 1622
1 : a member of an American Indian people of Rhode Island
2 : the Algonquian language of the Narragansett people