Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- Abenaki leader and friend of the early colonists. He was the first Native American to sell land to the English (1625).
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Examples
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For the cabin, raw bonita native style, turtle soup, omelette a la Samoset —
Bunches of Knuckles 2010
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Samoset, an Abenaki Indian who could speak a little English, paid a friendly visit to the terrified colonists.
Lorna Bright: Giving Thanks Begins With Letting Go Lorna Bright 2011
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The Samoset rolled and righted on a sea, and in the light breeze her canvas gave forth a hollow thrum.
Bunches of Knuckles 2010
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He followed her gaze, and saw the Samoset, flag at half mast, rounding up and dropping anchor scarcely a hundred yards away.
Bunches of Knuckles 2010
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As they lifted on the smooth crest of a wave, Duncan turned to look where the Samoset made a vague blur in the darkness.
Bunches of Knuckles 2010
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The Samoset had been a trading schooner, when Duncan bought her in San Francisco and made alterations.
Bunches of Knuckles 2010
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Arrangements quite extensive had been made for the celebration of Christmas on the yacht Samoset.
Bunches of Knuckles 2010
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The stars overhead vanished, and the Samoset swung four points off her course in the careless steersman's hands.
Bunches of Knuckles 2010
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Duncan pulled shut the cover of the companion scuttle, and held on, waiting, the first drops of rain pelting his face, while the Samoset leaped violently ahead, at the same time heeling first to starboard then to port as the gusty pressures caught her winged-out sails.
Bunches of Knuckles 2010
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The Samoset, with fore - and main-sail winged out on either side, was slipping a lazy four-knots through the smooth sea.
Bunches of Knuckles 2010
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