potlatcher

English

Etymology

From potlatch +‎ -er.

Noun

potlatcher (plural potlatchers)

1. 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^[1], page 26:

     The potlatcher creates such obligations; he is making others render unto him in the future.