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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