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

Many of the members of the tribes are descendants of Pocahontas’ Virginia Powhatan tribe.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2018

News of the peace treaty and Pocahontas’ conversion were welcomed in England.

From Time • May 25, 2016

“The synopsis has been updated to better reflect Pocahontas’ active role and to remove the suggestion that John Smith was her ultimate goal.”

From Time • Sep. 22, 2015

Woodard knew: “Twelve. Mostly during a native blessing in which John Rolfe and his bride’s hands will be linked and wrapped with beads by Pocahontas’ uncle Opichisco.

From Slate • Jun. 22, 2014

Pocahontas' reception at court, and death, 33 32.

From The History of Virginia, in Four Parts by Beverley, Robert