/pee"kwot/ , n. , pl. Pequots , ( esp. collectively ) Pequot .
a member of a powerful tribe of Algonquian-speaking Indians of Connecticut that was essentially destroyed in the Pequot War.
[ 1625-35, Amer.; Pequttôog (pl.), and the cognate in other SE New England languages, e.g., (D sp.) Pequat ( s ), Pequatoo ( s ), prob. lit., people of the shoals ]