单词 | powhatan |
释义 | Powhatann.adj. Now chiefly historical. A. n. 1. A member of a North American Indian people inhabiting coastal parts of eastern Virginia. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of North-Eastern America > [noun] > Algonquians of Eastern Seaboard Powhatan1608 Mohicanc1614 Massachusett1616 Penobscot1624 Pequot1631 Narragansett1637 Nipmuc1637 Algonquin1667 Wampanoag1676 Minisink1694 Abenaki1698 Lenape1728 Maliseet1749 Munsee1756 Passamaquoddy1759 Micmac1760 Podunk1797 Algic1839 Virginia Algonquian1903 1608 J. Smith True Relation Occurr. Virginia sig. D With a lowd oration he proclaimed me A werowanes of Powhaton, and that all his subjects should so esteeme vs, and no man account vs strangers nor Paspaheghans, but Powhatans. 1612 J. Smith Map of Virginia 9 Amongst those people are thus many severall nations of sondry languages, that environ Powhatans Territories. The Chawonokes, the Mangoags, the Monacans, the Mannahokes, the Masawomekes, the Powhatans, the Sasquehanocks, [etc.]. c1612 W. Strachey Hist. Trav. Virginia (1953) i. i. 35 There was ever Enmity..between the High-and Low Country, going by the names of Monacans, and Powhatans. 1747 W. Stith Hist. Virginia ii. 71 Being asked; how many Worlds, he knew, he said, he knew none but that, which was under the Sky, that covered him, and which consisted of the Powhatans, the Manakins, and the Massawomecks. 1785 T. Jefferson Notes Virginia xi. 167 We are told that the Powhatans, Mannahoacs, and Monacans spoke languages so radically different, that interpreters were necessary when they transacted business. 1837 N. Amer. Rev. July 38 The Charibs died and became extinct in Hispaniola; the Powhatans in Virginia. 1853 E. Stuart Let. 17 Jan. in R. Stuart et al. Stuart Lett. (1961) I. 453 Dr. Lockwood who was ordered out to join the Powhatan, is living with his family in Florecen. 1937 Life 10 May 20/2 The Powhatan, cross-legged before the sacred campfire. 1996 Daily Tel. 13 Sept. 2/7 The Powhatans traded copper and blue beads with the settlers for corn. 2. The extinct Algonquian language of the Powhatan, also called Virginia Algonquian. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [noun] > northern Amerindian > Algonquian > Algonquian languages Illinois1703 Ojibwa1743 Chippewa1791 Shawnee1792 Miami-Illinois1804 Natick1822 Delaware1826 Munsee1828 Nanticoke1845 Blackfoot1846 Pequot1848 Potawatomi1848 Wiyot1851 Montagnais1852 Passamaquoddy1856 Abenaki1858 Narragansett1866 Lenape1888 Penobscot1891 Powhatan1895 Menominee1896 Micmac1902 Meskwaki1907 Maliseet1912 Cheyenne1933 Kickapoo1933 Massachusett1933 Mohican1933 Sauk1933 Virginia Algonquian1971 Ottawa1982 1895 Amer. Anthropologist 8 389 Delaware n'iechsin, ‘to speak’; Powhatan kekaten, ‘you tell’. 1915 J. Buchan Salute to Adventurers xxvi. 355 I found some Indians..and told one who spoke Powhatan the issue of the fight. 1996 Handbk. N. Amer. Indians XVII. 306/2 The Powhatan Confederacy..was dominated by speakers of Virginia Algonquian (Powhatan). B. adj. Of, relating to, or designating the Powhatan or their language. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of North-Eastern America > [adjective] > Algonquians of Eastern Seaboard Massachusett1622 Pequot1634 Nipmuc1636 Mohican1637 Natick1677 Minisink1694 Algonquin1698 Passamaquoddy1726 Penobscot1727 Abenaki1746 Micmac1767 Maliseet1770 Munsee1779 Powhatan1785 Mashpee1809 Powhatanic1855 Virginia Algonquian1870 Wampanoag1948 Mashpee Wampanoag1977 the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [adjective] > Algonquian languages > eastern > Powhatan Powhatan1785 Powhatanic1855 Virginia Algonquian1870 1785 T. Jefferson Notes Virginia xi. 168 The territories of the Powhatan confederacy, south of the Patowmac comprehended about 8000 square miles, 30 tribes, and 2400 warriors. 1822 J. Morse Rep. to Secretary of War 31 This Queen, and two others..are all who now speak the ancient, or Nottoway, or Powhatan language. 1895 Atlantic Monthly Dec. 753/2 Smith's men were virtually or constructively members of the Powhatan tribe. 1915 J. Buchan Salute to Adventurers xxiv. 334 A voice..spoke the Powhatan language, which I knew. 2000 Duluth News Tribune 23 Nov. 11 a/2 They were attacked by the Powhatan chiefdom, an alliance of about 30 tribes with as many as 13,000 people. Derivatives Powhaˈtanic adj. of or relating to the Powhatan. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of North-Eastern America > [adjective] > Algonquians of Eastern Seaboard Massachusett1622 Pequot1634 Nipmuc1636 Mohican1637 Natick1677 Minisink1694 Algonquin1698 Passamaquoddy1726 Penobscot1727 Abenaki1746 Micmac1767 Maliseet1770 Munsee1779 Powhatan1785 Mashpee1809 Powhatanic1855 Virginia Algonquian1870 Wampanoag1948 Mashpee Wampanoag1977 the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [adjective] > Algonquian languages > eastern > Powhatan Powhatan1785 Powhatanic1855 Virginia Algonquian1870 1855 H. R. Schoolcraft Information Indian Tribes U.S. V. i. 37 (note) All the sympathies of Virginians were with the Powhatanic tribes. 1940 G. T. Hunt Wars of Iroquois 186 (note) The word was a Powhatanic term for someone else, probably an Iroquois. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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