powhatan

Noun powhatan has 3 senses

• powhatan(n = noun.person) wahunsonacock - Indian chief and founder of the Powhatan confederacy of tribes in eastern Virginia; father of Pocahontas (1550?-1618);
is a kind of algonquian, algonquin, indian chief, indian chieftain

• powhatan(n = noun.person) - a member of the Algonquian people who formerly lived in eastern Virginia;
is a kind of algonquian, algonquin
has particulars: matoaka, pocahontas, rebecca rolfe

• powhatan(n = noun.communication) - the Algonquian language of the Powhatan;
is a kind of algonquian, algonquian language, algonquin