sannup

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sannup

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From Penobscot senabe (“man”); compare Abenaki sanôba (“man”).

noun sannups

US A male Native American, especially a married one; a brave. 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, Chickatabot (the chief Sachem of the Massachusetts) comes with his sannups and squaws (that is, married men and their wives) to Bost
Maine, US, colloquial A mischievous male child.

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@misc{sannup_2026,
  title = {sannup},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sannup},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}