Powhatan
1. Indian chief and founder of the Powhatan confederacy of tribes in eastern Virginia; father of Pocahontas (1550?-1618) • Syn: Wahunsonacock • Instance Hypernyms: Indian chief, Indian chieftain, Algonquian, Algonquin 2. a member of the Algonquian people who formerly lived in eastern Virginia • Hypernyms: Algonquian, Algonquin • Instance Hyponyms: Pocahontas, Matoaka, Rebecca Rolfe 3. the Algonquian language of the Powhatan • Hypernyms: Algonquian, Algonquin, Algonquian language
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