Reference meaning

Massachusetts

noun·Reference

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a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies

Related source terms

bay stateold colonyma

Other meanings

2. noun

a member of the Algonquian people who formerly lived around Massachusetts Bay

3. noun

one of the British colonies that formed the United States

4. noun

the Algonquian language of the Massachuset

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