Dictionary

1. (

• Powhatan ,
• Wahunsonacock

) Indian chief and founder of the Powhatan confederacy of tribes in eastern Virginia; father of Pocahontas (1550?-1618) ;

2. (

• Powhatan

) a member of the Algonquian people who formerly lived in eastern Virginia ;

3. (

• Powhatan

) the Algonquian language of the Powhatan ;