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sannup

sannup noun: a male Native American, especially a married one; a brave.

Noun

sannup (plural sannups)

  1. (US) A male Native American, especially a married one; a brave.
    • Chickatabot (the chief Sachem of the Massachusetts) comes with his sannups and squaws (that is, married men and their wives) to Boston, presents the governor with a hogshead of Indian corn.1736, Thomas Prince, Nathan Hale (editor), A Chronological History of New-England, in the Form of Annals, 1826, New Edition, Cummings, Hilliard, and Company, page 347
    • With this company, Miantonomo and his sachems dined, while the sannups were entertained hard by, in the inn recently built by Goodman Samuel Coles.1898, Edith Robinson, A Little Puritan Rebel, L. C. Page & Company, page 117
  2. (Maine, US, colloquial) A mischievous male child.

Forms of sannup

pluralsannups

Origin of sannup

From Penobscot senabe (“man”); compare Abenaki sanôba (“man”).

Questions about sannup

What does sannup mean?
Sannup means a male Native American, especially a married one; a brave.
What part of speech is sannup?
Sannup is a noun.
What is the plural of sannup?
The plural of sannup is sannups.

Words near sannup in the dictionary

  1. sannoe
  2. sannoes
  3. Sannoisian
  4. sannop
  5. sannops
  6. sannup
  7. sannups
  8. sanny
  9. sannyasa
  10. sannyasi
  11. sannyasin

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