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Powwow   /pˈaʊwˌaʊ/   Listen
Powwow

noun
1.
(informal) a quick private conference.  Synonym: huddle.
2.
A council of or with Native Americans.





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"Powwow" Quotes from Famous Books



... the true sense of the word, is a Shaman, though he has by various authors been termed powwow, medicine man, priest, seer, prophet, etc. Among the Ojibwa the office is not hereditary; but among the Menomoni a curious custom exists, by which some one is selected to fill the vacancy one year after the death of a Shaman. ...
— The Mide'wiwin or "Grand Medicine Society" of the Ojibwa • Walter James Hoffman
... beside the chief while I talked to him, and then to other members of the council—to Porcupine Bear, Little Thunder, Night Pipe. The Indian demands pomp and ceremony in the transaction of affairs. These wanted to hold a powwow. But I had ...
— Land of the Burnt Thigh • Edith Eudora Kohl


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


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