ˈnantəˌkōk noun
( plural nanticoke or nanticokes )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Nanticoke Naitaquok, literally, tidewater people
1.
a. : an Indian people of eastern Maryland and southern Delaware
b. : a member of such people
2. : an Alonquian language of the Nanticoke and Conoy peoples
3. : one of a group of people of mixed Indian, white, Negro ancestry in southern Delaware