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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The fusty sagamore of this pair was lying wounded; his fusty squaw tended him tenderly, minding, meanwhile, a very witch-like caldron of savory fume.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 by Various
Madockawando and the dignitaries of the Abenaqui tribe made it their council hall, the white sagamore presiding.
From The Chase of Saint-Castin and Other Stories of the French in the New World by Mary Hartwell Catherwood
Only the sagamore was strictly confined, being ironed and placed in the same dungeon which Joy had occupied.
From The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance by John Turvill Adams
He told them he was sagamore of Morattigon, distant from Plymouth "a daye's sayle with a great wind, and five dayes by land."
From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Adams Drake
Lescarbot describes the Indian sagamore as a man of great influence who loved the French and admired their civilization.
From Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 by W. O. (William Odber) Raymond
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