What is the meaning of Powhatan?

noun

  • Indian chief and founder of the Powhatan confederacy of tribes in eastern Virginia; father of Pocahontas (1550-1618.
  • A member of the Algonquian people who formerly lived in eastern Virginia.
  • The Algonquian language of the Powhatan. .
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