/pow"euh tan', -hat'n/ , n. , pl. Powhatans , ( esp. collectively ) Powhatan for 1.
1. a member of any of the Indian tribes belonging to the Powhatan Confederacy.
2. the Eastern Algonquian language spoken by the Powhatan people.
3. c1550-1618, North American Indian chief in Virginia, father of Pocahontas and founder of the Powhatan Confederacy.