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1A member of an Algonquian people of eastern Virginia.
2mass noun The Algonquian language of the Powhatan.
Relating to the Powhatan or their language.
Virginia Algonquian.
(circa 1550–1618), Algonquian Indian chief; Indian name Wahunsonacock. He was the leader of the Powhatan Confederacy, an alliance of about 30 tribes that were located primarily in eastern Virginia. Often noted for his ruthlessness, he made peace with the colonists after his daughter Pocahontas married John Rolfe, an English colonist, in 1614.