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powˈwower
[f. prec. vb. + -er1.]
One who practises powwow; = powwow n. 1.
1646Mass. Col. Rec. (1854) III. 98 Such..as shall assist or countenance such pawwawing.., [to be fined] ye procurer five pounds, ye pawwawer five pounds. 1699Wafer Voy. 38 That the pawawers (for so they call their conjurors) might be by themselves. 1781S. Peters Hist. Connecticut 217 The inhabitants..held a conference to discover the reason why the devils and pawwawers had obeyed the prayers of one minister. |