| 词汇 | powwow |
| 词源 | powwow. American Indians called the medicine man a pow- wow, ultimately from an Algonquian word meaning “dreamer.” Early settlers used the word in the same way but were soon ap- plying it to a ceremony or meeting where the medicine man performed his magic. It wasn’t until the early 19th century that powwow was extended to mean any meeting or conference at all. |
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