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noun,
plural
Pow·ha·tans,
(
especially collectively
)
Pow·ha·tan
for 1.
1.
a member of any of the Indian tribes belonging to the Powhatan Confederacy.
2.
the Eastern Algonquian
language
spoken by the Powhatan people.
3.
c1550–1618,
North American Indian chief in Virginia, father of Pocahontas and founder of the Powhatan Confederacy.
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Powhatan
(ˌpaʊhəˈtæn, paʊˈhæt
ə
n)
—
n
American Indian name
Wahunsonacock.
died 1618, American Indian chief of a confederacy of tribes; father of Pocahontas
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