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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Powwow

Pow'wow, n.

noun

n. 1. A priest, or conjurer, among the North American Indians.

  1. Conjuration performed for the cure of diseases and other purposes, attended with great noise and confusion, and often with dancing.
  2. Hence, a noisy assembly, or frolic.

Pow'wow, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. To use conjuration, with noise and confusion, as among the American Indians; hence, to carry on a noisy frolic or gathering.