Noun
Wappinger (plural Wappingers or Wappinger)
(historical) A member of a Munsee-speaking Eastern Algonquian Native American people from what is now southern New York and western Connecticut.
Records of bounty payments to Wappinger Indians in New York in the middle 18th century confirm its range at least that far north; J. Michael Smith: The Highland King Nimhammaw and the Native Indian Proprietors of Land in Dutchess County, NY: 1712-1765. Source: Internet
The Dutchess County Fair, August 21, 2012 Prior to Anglo- Dutch settlement, what is today Dutchess County was a leading center for the native Wappinger peoples. Source: Internet