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 Definitions of powhatan  [ˈpaʊ əˌtæn, ˈpaʊˌhæt n]  

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Definition of 'powhatan' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) Powhatan
c1550–1618, North American Indian chief in Virginia, father of Pocahontas.


Definition of 'powhatan' Princeton's WordNet 

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

2. (noun) Powhatan
a member of the Algonquian people who formerly lived in eastern Virginia

3. (noun) Powhatan
the Algonquian language of the Powhatan



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