ˌnarəˈgan(t)sə̇t, -gaan- also ˌner-, usu -ə̇d.+V noun
( plural narraganset or narragansets )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: probably modification of Narraganset naiaganset, literally, people of the small point, from naiagans small point of land (diminutive of naiag point) + -et, locative suffix
1.
a. : an Indian people of Rhode Island west of Narragansett Bay
b. : a member of such people
2. : an Algonquian language of the Narraganset people
3. : narragansett