sagamore
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of sagamore
1605–15, < Eastern Abenaki sὰkəmα < Proto-Algonquian *sa˙kima˙wa; cf. sachem
Example Sentences
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To attack would have been certain death or captivity; they, therefore, bitterly lamenting the passionate impetuosity of the sagamore, kept themselves concealed in order to take advantage of circumstances.
From The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance by Adams, John Turvill
Among them were a werowance and a sagamore.
From Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia by Johnston, Mary
"It is a summer cloud," said the sagamore.
From The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance by Adams, John Turvill
"The sagamore has made a new law," said the Etchemin woman, as they came in sight of the fort.
From The Chase of Saint-Castin and Other Stories of the French in the New World by Catherwood, Mary Hartwell
"The sagamore should have kept his first wife himself."
From The Chase of Saint-Castin and Other Stories of the French in the New World by Catherwood, Mary Hartwell
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