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powwow
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Word definitions for powwow in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Powwow \Pow"wow`\, n. A priest, or conjurer, among the North American Indians. Be it sagamore, sachem, or powwow. --Longfellow. Conjuration attended with great noise and confusion, and often with feasting, dancing, etc., performed by Indians for the cure ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A ritual conducted by a Native American shaman. 2 A Native American shaman. 3 A Native American council or meeting. 4 (label en informal) A short, private conference. vb. 1 (context intransitive of Native Americans English) To hold a meeting; to gather ...
Usage examples of powwow.
The riotous powwow of setting a spar was going on down on the forecastle, and I went down there and stood around in the way-- or mostly skipping out of it--till the mate suddenly roared a general order for somebody to bring him a capstan bar.
The upshot of the powwow was that the Chopunnish said they had sent three of their warriors with a pipe to make peace with the Shoshonees, last summer, as they had been advised to do by the white men.
There-are a couple more faces I've seen at powwows, at Upper Sioux and Flandreau, Sisseton, Rosebud, all over the landscape.
They powwowed, then headed on down as the girls started upstream to find the settlement.
Then the whole crowd powwowed, turning from the dead man to the dead snake.
An hour later, he and the rest of the landing party were in the village's wooden longhouse powwowing with the leaders of Kami's tribe.
There had been trouble at this site before, and there were people who came to the powwows purely to harass the participants.
Pemulis sometimes treats his group's powwows like a kind of colloquium, sharing personal findings and interests.
Apparently, too, the Lugals are often allowed to wander off by themselves when there’s no work for them to do—much as we let our dogs run loose—and hold powwows of their own.
Collaci might have been sneakingly grateful for my pacifist powwow with the Sirocco Brothers, but his hired guns appeared to lack the imagination.