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  • noun born in England; in 1629 he became the founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (1588-1665)

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Examples

  • "Endecott" -- she said in some of her most winning tones, -- "may I ask you something?"

    Say and Seal, Volume II Susan Warner 1852

  • "Endecott" -- she said very softly, -- "do you know what you have been doing to-day?"

    Say and Seal, Volume II Susan Warner 1852

  • "Endecott," said Faith joyously, -- "Goethe would have more than enough if he was here."

    Say and Seal, Volume II Susan Warner 1852

  • "Endecott," she said after a while, humbly, "do you think any one who loves Christ could be brought to disbelieve him?"

    Say and Seal, Volume II Susan Warner 1852

  • This expedition burnt the Indian wigwams and cornfields on Block Island, and also in the Pequot country near the mouth of the Pequot, or Thames, River; and Captain Endecott and his soldiers came to Saybrook Port and made that place their headquarters, "to my great grief," said Gardiner, "for you come hither to raise these wasps about my ears and then you will take wing and flee away."

    Once Upon a Time in Connecticut Caroline Clifford Newton

  • Endecott, wrote him a letter years afterward which is so characteristic of the faith of both of them that we will make free use of it.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 Various

  • Governor Winthrop, who was a man of much milder spirit than Endecott, faithfully records this judgment, under its date in his Journal, with additional particulars.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 Various

  • Instead, they sent out an expedition under Captain Endecott, to punish the

    Once Upon a Time in Connecticut Caroline Clifford Newton

  • "Mr. Simlins," said Endecott, when he had resumed his seat, "I ask you -- as one who knows the country -- whereabouts does the concatenation you spoke of reach a climax?"

    Say and Seal, Volume I Susan Warner 1852

  • "I am no more afraid of the cold than you are, Endecott."

    Say and Seal, Volume II Susan Warner 1852

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