ˈwiˌgwäm also -gwȯm noun
( -s )
Etymology: Abnaki & Massachuset wīkwām, literally, their dwelling
1.
a. : a hut of the Indians of the region of the Great Lakes and eastward having typically an arched top and consisting of a framework of poles overlaid with bark, rush mats, or hides — compare lodge 8a
b. : a roughly similar hut
a rough wigwam fashioned of fir boughs — F.V.W.Mason
2. : a large building serving as the headquarters or meeting place (as convention hall) of a United States political organization (as the convention hall of the Republican Party in 1860 or any of the successive buildings housing the Tammany Society of New York)
3. : a moderate brown that is yellower, lighter, and stronger than chestnut brown, auburn, bay, or tobacco and redder, lighter, and stronger than coffee
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