Pocahontas

American  

[poh-kuh-hon-tuhs] / ˌpoʊ kəˈhɒn təs /

noun

1. Rebecca Rolfe, 1595?–1617, American Indian woman who is said to have prevented the execution of Captain John Smith.

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Pocahontas British  

/ ˌpɒkəˈhɒntəs /

noun

1. original name Matoaka; married name Rebecca Rolfe. ?1595–1617, American Indian, who allegedly saved the colonist Captain John Smith from being killed

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Pocahontas Cultural  

1. A Native American princess of the seventeenth century who befriended Captain John Smith of Virginia. She is said to have thrown herself upon him to prevent his execution by her father, Powhatan. She later married one of the Virginian settlers and traveled to England with him.

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Example Sentences

She’s also working on songs, novels, a pop musical about Pocahontas and a rock opera about a female sci-fi writer in the 1600s.

From Los Angeles Times

At its heyday, Pocahontas Fuel employed 1,800 men and built an enormous sandstone complex that included a grocery store, schoolrooms, a post office, doctor’s office, barbershop, pool room and payroll office.

From Salon

John Rolfe, famed for his role in making tobacco a successful cash crop in Virginia and later marrying the woman known as Pocahontas, recorded that “20 and odd” Africans were brought to the settlement.

From Literature

Hummingbirds are so cute too, and these remind me of the one from Disney’s ‘Pocahontas.’

From Los Angeles Times

Another facility of about 47,500 turkeys in neighboring Pocahontas County was confirmed Monday.

From Seattle Times