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POTLATCH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does potlatch mean?
• POTLATCH (noun)
The noun POTLATCH has 1 sense:
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)
Familiarity information: POTLATCH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
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)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("potlatch" is a kind of...):
feast; fete; fiesta (an elaborate party (often outdoors))
ceremonial; ceremonial occasion; ceremony; observance (a formal event performed on a special occasion)
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