potlatcher
English
Etymology
potlatch + -er
Noun
potlatcher (plural potlatchers)
- One who holds a potlatch, a traditional giving-away ceremony among certain coastal peoples of the Pacific Northwest
- 1965, Cyrus S. Belshaw, Traditional Exchange and Modern Markets, page 26:
- The potlatcher creates such obligations; he is making others render unto him in the future.
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