a carved wooden statue of a standing Native American wearing a feathered headdress, formerly found outside many cigar stores as an advertisement
2. (often lc) informal
a person who appears emotionless and unresponsive; a poker face
Word origin
[1875–80, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1875–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: authoritarian, graph, neoclassic, weekend, weekender