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powhatan
/paʊəˈtæn/
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What does powhatan mean?
noun
- A member of a Native American confederation of tribes in Virginia.
proper noun
- Their eastern Algonquian language.
- An unincorporated community, the county seat of Powhatan County, Virginia, United States.
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IPA pronunciation
/paʊəˈtæn/
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/paʊˈhætən/
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On one of these campaigns Lieutenant Powhatan H. Clarke gave effective proof of the affection which the officers of colored regiments have for their men.
Percy found that the report of the State Auditor showed that the clerk of the court of Powhatan county had returned to the State $1.05 "for sales of lands purchased by the commonwealth at tax sales," while from Prince Edward county the State received a similar revenue amounting to $17.39 for the same year.
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Fond of horse racing, cock fighting, gambling and drinking, the soul of hospitality, quick to take offense, and quicker to forgive,--duellists as brave as Spartans, chivalric, proud of honor, their province, their blood and their families, they envied only one being in the world and that was he who could establish his claim to the possession of a strain from the veins of the dusky daughter of Powhatan--Pocahontas.