potlatcher

noun

potlatcher

noun

Etymology From potlatch + -er.

1

One who holds a potlatch, a traditional giving-away ceremony among certain coastal peoples of the Pacific Northwest

  • The potlatcher creates such obligations; he is making others render unto him in the future.1965, Cyrus S. Belshaw, Traditional Exchange and Modern Markets, page 26:

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