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Powhatan

noun
1.
Indian chief and founder of the Powhatan confederacy of tribes in eastern Virginia; father of Pocahontas (1550?-1618).  Synonym: Wahunsonacock.
2.
A member of the Algonquian people who formerly lived in eastern Virginia.
3.
The Algonquian language of the Powhatan.





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... the hands of Powhatan, the Croker of his time, and narrowly saved his life, as we have seen, ...
— Comic History of the United States • Bill Nye


Words linked to "Powhatan" :   Algonquin, Rebecca Rolfe, Indian chief, Algonquian, Algonquian language, Indian chieftain, Matoaka, Pocahontas


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