massachusetts Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies
    MA; Old Colony; Bay State.
  2. noun a member of the Algonquian people who formerly lived around Massachusetts Bay
    Massachuset.
  3. noun one of the British colonies that formed the United States
    Massachusetts Bay Colony.
  4. noun the Algonquian language of the Massachuset
    Massachuset.

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