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powhatan
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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); Array is a kind of algonquian, algonquin, indian chief, indian chieftain
- powhatan(n = noun.person) Array - a member of the Algonquian people who formerly lived in eastern Virginia; Array is a kind of algonquian, algonquin
- powhatan(n = noun.communication) Array - the Algonquian language of the Powhatan; Array is a kind of algonquian, algonquian language, algonquin
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