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potlatch
(encz) | potlatch, |
Potlatch
(gcide) | Potlatch \Pot"latch`\, n. [Chinook potlatch, pahtlatch, fr.
Nootka pahchilt, pachalt, a gift.]
1. Among the Kwakiutl, Chimmesyan, and other Indians of the
northwestern coast of North America, a ceremonial
distribution by a man of gifts to his own and neighboring
tribesmen, often, formerly, to his own impoverishment.
Feasting, dancing, and public ceremonies accompany it.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. Hence, a feast given to a large number of persons, often
accompanied by gifts. [Colloq., Northwestern America]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
potlatch
(wn) | potlatch
n 1: a ceremonial feast held by some Indians of the northwestern
coast of North America (as in celebrating a marriage or a
new accession) in which the host gives gifts to tribesmen
and others to display his superior wealth (sometimes,
formerly, to his own impoverishment) |
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potlatch
(encz) | potlatch, |
potlatch
(wn) | potlatch
n 1: a ceremonial feast held by some Indians of the northwestern
coast of North America (as in celebrating a marriage or a
new accession) in which the host gives gifts to tribesmen
and others to display his superior wealth (sometimes,
formerly, to his own impoverishment) |
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