powhatan

Noun
  1. Indian chief and founder of the Powhatan confederacy of tribes in eastern Virginia;
    Father of Pocahontas (1550?-1618) (synset 111265372)
    is an instance of:
    • algonquian, 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
    • indian chief, indian chieftain - the leader of a group of Native Americans
    same as: wahunsonacock
  2. A member of the Algonquian people who formerly lived in eastern Virginia (synset 109686181)
    is a type of: algonquian, 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
    specific instances: matoaka, pocahontas, rebecca rolfe - a Powhatan woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617)
  3. The Algonquian language of the Powhatan (synset 106924738)
    is a type of: algonquian, algonquian language, algonquin - family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains

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