powhatan

Other forms of powhatan

plural

powhatans·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about powhatan

What does powhatan mean?

powhatan means "Indian chief and founder of the Powhatan confederacy of tribes in eastern Virginia; father of Pocahontas (1550?-1618)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in powhatan?

powhatan has 3 syllables: po-wha-tan. The stress falls on "po".

What is another word for powhatan?

Close synonyms include Wahunsonacock. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is powhatan a common word?

powhatan is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.