powhatan Definition
- 1a member of an Algonquian-speaking tribe of eastern Virginia.
- 2the Eastern Algonquian language of the Powhatan people.
- 3a confederacy of Native American tribes in eastern Virginia in the 16th and 17th centuries.
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Summary: powhatan in Brief
The term 'Powhatan' [pou-uh-tan, -tuhn] refers to a Native American tribe, their language, and a confederacy of tribes in eastern Virginia during the 16th and 17th centuries.
