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Powwow v. i.

To use conjuration, with noise and confusion, for the cure of disease, etc., as among the North American Indians.

Hence: To hold a noisy, disorderly meeting. (Archaic, formerly Colloq. U. S.)

To hold a meeting to discuss an issue. (Informal)

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Etymology of 'Powwow'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Powwow" Quotes from Famous Books

... stewards, Mr. Washington employed his old friend as steward of the Teachers' Home. In all the years thereafter hardly a day passed when Mr. Washington was at the school without his having some kind of powwow with Old Man Diggs regarding some matter affecting the interests of ...

— Booker T. Washington - Builder of a Civilization • Emmett J. Scott and Lyman Beecher Stowe

... in to this powwow about pickin' out a squaw for Bill. Besides Crooked Claw, thar's Bill's widow aunt, the Wild Cat—she's plumb cunnin', the Wild Cat is, an' jest then bein' cel'brated among the Osages for smokin' ponies with Black B'ar, ...

— Wolfville Nights • Alfred Lewis

... will laugh loudest. Think not to frighten me with your deviltry. Come witch, come wizard, come Indian powwow, come devil himself, and here comes Goodman Brown. You may as well fear him as he ...

— Mosses from an Old Manse and Other Stories • Nathaniel Hawthorne

Words linked to "Powwow" : huddle, discuss, huddler, group discussion, hash out, conference, colloquialism, talk over, council