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squantum

squantum noun: a picnic on the beach, a clambake.

Noun

squantum (plural squantums)

  1. (US, dated, possibly, Nantucket dialect) A picnic on the beach, a clambake.

Proper noun capitalized: Squantum

Squantum

  1. A neighbourhood on a peninsula in the city of Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States.

Forms of squantum

pluralsquantums

Origin of squantum

Apparently from a placename, from Massachusett.

Questions about squantum

What does squantum mean?
Squantum means a picnic on the beach, a clambake.
What part of speech is squantum?
Squantum can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of squantum?
The plural of squantum is squantums.

Words near squantum in the dictionary

  1. squandersome
  2. squanter-squash
  3. squanter-squashes
  4. squantersquash
  5. squantersquashes
  6. squantum
  7. squantums
  8. squarable
  9. squaraine
  10. squaraines
  11. squaramide

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: squantum (page history and authors); Squantum (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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