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powwown. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Narragansett. Partly a borrowing from Massachusett. Etymons: Narragansett powwaw; Massachusett pauwau. Etymology: < Narragansett powwaw, Massachusett pauwau American Indian priest, ultimately < proto-Algonquian *pawe·wa he (who) dreams.The β. forms show assimilation of the vowel of the second syllable to that of the first; the γ. forms show assimilation in the opposite direction. N.E.D. (1907) gives pawaw as an alternative headword with the pronunciation (pawǭ·) /pɑːˈwɔː/, reflecting earlier pronunciation with stress on the second syllable (compare quot. 1832 at sense 1β. ). the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > non-European magic (miscellaneous) > [noun] > powwow > one who practises α. 1624 E. Winslow 54 The office and dutie of the Powah is to bee exercised principally in calling vpon the Divell, and curing diseases of the sicke or wounded. 1647 T. Shepard 18 [The Indians] have utterly forsaken all their Powwaws, and given over that diabolicall exercise. 1674 J. Josselyn 131 Their Physicians are the Powaws or Indian Priests. 1716 B. Church i. 53 The Indians reported that he was such a great Pouwau, that no bullet could enter him. 1768 C. Beatty 87 Consulting their Pow-waas (a kind of prophets, who pretend to have converse with spirits). 1830 W. Scott ii. 81 The tricks practised by the Powahs, or Cunning men. 1834 J. G. Whittier i. 169 The Powwaw's charm. 1904 G. Smith ii. xii. 138 In 1650 the first two ‘powaws’ or wizards were converted. 1997 J. M. O'Brien ii. 53 The confessors included one former pow waw..and one who aspired to that status. society > leisure > social event > social gathering > [noun] > of North American Indians the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > non-European magic (miscellaneous) > [noun] > powwow 1663 J. Cotton in Quincy (1840) I. 53 Such as join with them in the observance of their pawawes and idolatries. 1708 J. Oldmixon I. 395 On the 22d of May, the Indians at the Wigwams, near the Fort, had a Powwow, or sort of Conjuring. 1769 E. Bancroft 313 This ceremony has some analogy to the Pawwaws of the North American Indians. 1781 S. Peters 215 An ancient religious rite, called the Pawwaw, was annually celebrated by the Indians. 1788 J. May 2 Aug. (1873) (modernized text) 94 The Indians made one of their hellish pow-wows, which lasted till the hour of rising. a1817 T. Dwight (1821) II. 263 No place could be a fitter spot for an Indian Powaw. 1820 W. Irving vi. 53 An old Indian chief, the prophet or wizard of his tribe, held his powwows there. 1887 30 Nov. 5/5 To find the thief the Indians held the Pow-wow. 1907 J. W. Schultz viii. 93 The Cree chief and his council came over and we had a fine pow-wow about the matter. It ended by our paying damages. 1989 I. Frazier iii. 36 They were on their way back from a powwow at the Crow Reservation in Montana. 2004 (Amer. Indian Center of Chicago) Introd. 11 The powwow is at once a celebration and extension of Indian traditions through the arts (visual and performance) and a critical vehicle for transmitting those traditions to our younger generation. society > leisure > social event > social gathering > [noun] the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > conferring or consulting > a conference the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > conferring or consulting > a conference > particular types of 1812 5 June 3/3 The Warriors of the Democratic Tribe will hold a powow at Agawam on Tuesday next. 1863 E. Hitchcock 333 The President..is located so near College that the midnight pow-wow [of the students] can hardly fail to disturb his slumbers. 1874 T. H. Huxley in (1900) I. xxviii. 411 I was not at the Cambridge pow-wow. 1897 ‘M. Twain’ xxxviii. 346 It all helps to keep up the liveliness and augment the general sense of swiftness and energy and confusion and pow-wow. 1930 G. MacMunn xiii. 239 I visited him here several times, and attended his rather interminable pow~wows and conferences. 1987 18 Jan. 27/1 A family pow-wow after lunch decided that the afternoon should be spent on a secluded beach. 2005 Jan. 165/2 It seems that the Yardies have set up a bit of a pow-wow with the East Europeans. the world > health and disease > healing > art or science of medicine > [noun] > witch-doctoring 1820 J. Hohman (title) Pow-wow; or, Long lost friend. A collection of mysterious and invaluable arts and remedies for men as well as animals. 1856 E. K. Kane II. xii. 126 After my skill in pow~wow had given me a sort of correlative rank among them. 1929 J. L. Rosenberger v. 76 While he is resorting to the powwow, nature may effect a cure or bring relief. 2002 (Nexis) 4 Oct. a8 Another member of David Kriebel's audience asked if anyone in Germany practices powwow. Compoundsthe world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > non-European magic (miscellaneous) > [noun] > powwow > one who practises 1843 J. G. Whittier in Oct. 390/1 Without were ‘dogs and sorcerers’,..Powah wizards, and ‘the foul fiend’. 1901 3 525 The pow~wow-doctors still repeat over many bedsides the mysterious formulas. 1938 A. Hark 49 He told me about a pow-wow doctor who lives not far from here. 2004 July 56/1 He is a contemporary powwow dancer, with a moccasined foot in two worlds. Derivatives the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > conferring or consulting 1873 R. Brown I. 235 They [sc. the old men] are the instructors into pow-wowism (or oratory), in medicine and tradition. 1929 23 Jan. 98/1 York had never wrung its hands over the widespread belief in powwowism and witchcraft,..because things had never been different. 1946 M. Summers v. 132 A horrible volume containing necromantic rituals and evocations together with the dark creed of powwowism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). powwowv. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: powwow n. 1. the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > non-European magic (miscellaneous) > [verb (intransitive)] > hold a powwow 1646 T. Shepherd Orders in A. S. Hudson (1889) ii. 20 There shall be no more Powwowing amongst the Indians. And if any shall hereafter powwow, both he that shall powwow, and he that shall procure them to powwow, shall pay twenty shillings apiece. 1677 W. Hubbard ii. 58 After the Indians..had been powawing together. 1708 J. Oldmixon I. 395 They Powwow often, and upon several Occasions..[as] when they celebrate any Marriages. 1751 J. Bartram 32 Here was a place where the Indians had been a pawawing. 1788 E. Denny 129 Several days pass over. Indians powwowing. 1856 E. K. Kane II. xi. 118 He prescribes or powwows in sickness and over wounds. 1947 21 Sept. 5- d/2 McKenney saw an Indian far off in the west who wore a peculiar costume, and who appeared to be pow-wowing. 2004 (Nexis) 18 Oct. a6 ‘My friends have always powwowed so I just decided I should start’, said 20-year-old Alvin Yellowowl, who was dressed in traditional garb. the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > [verb (transitive)] > as a witch-doctor the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > non-European magic (miscellaneous) > [verb (transitive)] > treat with powwow 1856 E. K. Kane II. xi. 116 I gave him a piece of red flannel, and powwowed him. 1905 18 Feb. 206/2 The artistic forms of the beadwork..representing the symbols of secret societies, the qualification of the worker,..the shaman who powwowed the work. 1935 10 170 Pow-wow doctors, to whom one takes the baby sick with epizootic to have it pow-wowed. 2003 J. Lindermuth 144 Now, succumbing to a bleeding against which no one powwowed..the truth of that earlier ailment dawned on him. the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse [verb (intransitive)] > confer, consult, or deliberate 1780 J. Cochran Let. 18 Mar. in (1864) 28 35 He may refer the matter to Congress, they to the Medical Committee, who will probably powwow over it awhile, and no more be heard of it. 1857 H. W. Longfellow Jrnl. 17 June in S. Longfellow (1886) II. xiii. 300 Senator Mason of Virginia was there, pow-wowing about the Union. 1900 Feb. 600/2 She did not..sail to powwow about the dangers of the seas. 1994 Sept.–Oct. 61/1 The old-guard timber beasts..gasped, spluttered, and frantically powwowed about how best to squash the insurrection. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.1624 v.1646 |
