Noun
Patuxent (plural Patuxents or Patuxent)
A member of an Algonquian people indigenous to what is now the Mid-Atlantic United States.
I flew fighters for the Navy in San Diego for three years, went and did my post-graduate education, and then I was a test pilot in Patuxent River, Maryland, for a few years. I was back in the fleet in the Navy when I was selected to come back here to NASA to become an astronaut. Alan G. Poindexter
Early history Before European immigration, the land now known as Montgomery County was covered in a vast swath of forest crossed by the creeks and small streams that feed the Potomac and Patuxent rivers. Source: Internet
About the creatures that evolved, died and live in Chesapeake Bay and the Patuxent River. Source: Internet
Both the Patapsco and Patuxent run largely through publicly accessible parkland along the county borders. Source: Internet
Further south, the upper Patuxent River forms the border of Anne Arundel with Prince George's County to the west. Source: Internet
The first Navy CMV-22B Osprey arrived at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., Feb. 2, 2020, after completing its ferry flight from Bell’s Amarillo Assembly Center in Texas. Source: Internet