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Powhatan
Pow·ha·tan 1 P0494700 (pou′ə-tăn′, pou-hăt′n) Originally Wahunsonacock. 1550?-1618. Algonquian leader who founded the Powhatan confederacy and maintained peaceful relations with English colonists after the marriage of his daughter Pocahontas to John Rolfe (1614).
Pow·ha·tan 2 P0494700 (pou′ə-tăn′, pou-hăt′n)n. pl. Powhatan or Pow·ha·tans 1. A member of a confederacy of Native American peoples of eastern Virginia in the 1500s and 1600s, with present-day populations in the same area and in New Jersey.2. The Algonquian language of the Powhatan, a dialect of Virginia Algonquian.
[After Powhatan.]Powhatan (ˌpaʊhəˈtæn; paʊˈhætən) n (Biography) American Indian name Wahunsonacock. died 1618, American Indian chief of a confederacy of tribes; father of PocahontasPow•ha•tan (ˈpaʊ əˌtæn, ˈpaʊˌhæt n)
n. c1550–1618, North American Indian chief in Virginia, father of Pocahontas. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  Powhatan - Indian chief and founder of the Powhatan confederacy of tribes in eastern Virginia; father of Pocahontas (1550?-1618)Wahunsonacock | | 2. | Powhatan - a member of the Algonquian people who formerly lived in eastern VirginiaAlgonquian, Algonquin - a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada; many Algonquian tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast | | 3. | Powhatan - the Algonquian language of the PowhatanAlgonquian language, Algonquin, Algonquian - family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains |
Powhatan
Powhatan (pou'ətăn`), d. 1618, Native North American chief of the Powhatan tribe in Virginia, whose personal name was Wahunsonacock. He greatly extended the dominion of the Powhatan ConfederacyPowhatan Confederacy,
group of Native North Americans belonging to the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). Their area embraced most of tidewater Virginia and the eastern shore of Chesapeake Bay.
..... Click the link for more information. and after the marriage (1614) of his daughter PocahontasPocahontas
, c.1595–1617, Native North American woman, daughter of Chief Powhatan. Pocahontas, meaning "playful one" (her real name was said to be Matoaka), used to visit the English in Virginia at Jamestown.
..... Click the link for more information. to John Rolfe kept peace with the English colonists.Powhatan American Indian name Wahunsonacock. died 1618, American Indian chief of a confederacy of tribes; father of Pocahontas Powhatan
Related to Powhatan: Powhatan ConfederacySynonyms for Powhatannoun Indian chief and founder of the Powhatan confederacy of tribes in eastern VirginiaSynonymsnoun a member of the Algonquian people who formerly lived in eastern VirginiaRelated Wordsnoun the Algonquian language of the PowhatanRelated Words- Algonquian language
- Algonquin
- Algonquian
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