potlatcher

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noun

One who holds a potlatch, a traditional giving-away ceremony among certain coastal peoples of the Pacific Northwest

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Meanings

nounpotlatcher (plural potlatchers)

plural potlatchers

  1. One who holds a potlatch, a traditional giving-away ceremony among certain coastal peoples of the Pacific Northwest

    The potlatcher creates such obligations; he is making others render unto him in the future.

    1965, Cyrus S. Belshaw, Traditional Exchange and Modern Markets, page 26

Origin

From potlatch + -er.

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APA

potlatcher. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/potlatcher

MLA

“potlatcher.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/potlatcher. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “potlatcher,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/potlatcher.

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