Wahunsonacock

Wahunsonacock
noun
Indian chief and founder of the Powhatan confederacy of tribes in eastern Virginia; father of Pocahontas (1550?-1618)
Syn: ↑Powhatan
Instance Hypernyms: ↑Indian chief, ↑Indian chieftain, ↑Algonquian, ↑Algonquin

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