sannup (san up)

[Also sannop; Amer. Ind.] Among the American Indians, a married male member of the community; the husband of a squaw. Chick at a bot came with his sannops and squaws, and presented the govern our with a hogshead of Indian corn. Winthrop, Hist. New England, I. 58. Our Indian rivulet Winds mindful still of sannup and of squaw. Emerson, Musket a quid.