Defenition of the word potlatch

• Defenition of the word potlatch

  • 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)

Hypernyms for the word potlatch

• • ceremonial
  • ceremonial occasion
  • ceremony
  • feast
  • fete
  • fiesta
  • observance

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