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  • noun Indian chief and founder of the Powhatan confederacy of tribes in eastern Virginia; father of Pocahontas (1550?-1618)
  • noun a member of the Algonquian people who formerly lived in eastern Virginia
  • noun the Algonquian language of the Powhatan

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Examples

  • In 1998 and 1999, a 17-year-old male held at Beaumont Juvenile Correctional Center in Powhatan County was investigated by state police for sex offenses with female staff there.

    Female Prison Staff Offenders in Two-thirds of Sexual Assaults | Impact Lab 2006

  • As the Powhatan was a king then his daughter was a princess, and as such must be treated with all respect.

    This Country of Ours: The Story of the United States Henrietta Elizabeth 1917

  • That was undoubtedly the point of vantage, but The Powhatan was a much dreaded werowance and they dared not risk his ire.

    The Princess Pocahontas Virginia Watson 1904

  • Obtaining there a good supply of food from the Indians, they returned to the Jamestown settlement, about forty miles up the river, then called Powhatan, now known as the James.

    The end of an era, 1899

  • To place him more advantageously the President sent to Powhatan, offering to buy the place called Powhatan, promising to defend him against the

    Captain John Smith Charles Dudley Warner 1864

  • To Powhatan ample presents were made of penny-knives, shears, and toys, and he invited them to visit him at one of his seats called Powhatan, which was within a mile of the Falls, where now stands the city of

    The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Charles Dudley Warner 1864

  • To place him more advantageously the President sent to Powhatan, offering to buy the place called Powhatan, promising to defend him against the Monacans, to pay him in copper, and make a general alliance of trade and friendship.

    The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Charles Dudley Warner 1864

  • President, to the Falls, to the little Powhatan, where, unknown to me, he sold me to him for a town called Powhatan; and, leaving me with him, the little Powhatan, he made known to Capt.

    The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Charles Dudley Warner 1864

  • Smith, our President, to the Falls, to the little Powhatan, where, unknown to me, he sold me to him for a town called Powhatan; and, leaving me with him, the little

    Captain John Smith Charles Dudley Warner 1864

  • Powhatan, for the purchase of his place called Powhatan, which he was willing to accept; but the disorderly spirits he had sent thither, who were dreaming that the country immediately above them was full of gold, to which they wished no one to have access but themselves, refused the place or to ratify the contract, despising alike his kindness and his authority.

    Historical collections of Virginia 1845

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