Powhatan (n.)

  1. Indian chief and founder of the Powhatan confederacy of tribes in eastern Virginia; father of Pocahontas (1550?-1618)

    [ Syn: powhatan , wahunsonacock ]

  2. a member of the Algonquian people who formerly lived in eastern Virginia

    [ Syn: powhatan ]

  3. the Algonquian language of the Powhatan

    [ Syn: powhatan ]

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