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sannups

sannups is the plural of sannup.

Meaning of sannup

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
  2. (Maine, US, colloquial) A mischievous male child.

Questions about sannups

What is sannups the plural of?
Sannups is the plural of sannup.

Words near sannups in the dictionary

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

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