Connecticut n 1: a New England state; one of the original 13 colonies [syn: {Connecticut}, {Nutmeg State}, {Constitution State}, {CT}] 2: a river in the northeastern United States; flows south from northern New Hampshire along the border between New Hampshire and Vermont and through Massachusetts and Connecticut where it empties into Long Island Sound [syn: {Connecticut}, {Connecticut River}] 3: one of the British colonies that formed the United States