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werowances

werowances is the plural of werowance.

Meaning of werowance

Noun

werowance (plural werowances)

  1. (historical) A chief of an American Indian tribe in colonial Virginia and Maryland.
    • they stirred not from vs, but walked vp and downe, by and amongst vs, the best of them inquiring for our Weroance or king, with whom they would gladly consult to know the occasion of our comming thither […]1615, Ralph Hamor, A True Discourse of the Present State of Virginia, Richmond, published 1957, page 9

Questions about werowances

What is werowances the plural of?
Werowances is the plural of werowance.

Words near werowances in the dictionary

  1. weroansqua
  2. weroansquas
  3. Werombi
  4. Werona
  5. werowance
  6. werowances
  7. werowansqua
  8. werowansquas
  9. werq
  10. werqed
  11. werqing

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