HyperDic: wahunsonacock

English > 1 sense of the word Wahunsonacock:
NOUNperson Wahunsonacock, PowhatanIndian chief and founder of the Powhatan confederacy of tribes in eastern Virginia
English > Wahunsonacock: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningIndian chief and founder of the Powhatan confederacy of tribes in eastern Virginia; father of Pocahontas (1550?-1618).
SynonymPowhatan
Instance ofAlgonquian, AlgonquinA member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally / originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada
Indian chief, Indian chieftainThe leader of a group of Native Americans

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