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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Micmac sagamore; became a convert to Christianity in extreme old age.
From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various
"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
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 Raymond, W. O. (William Odber)
Sachem, sā′chem, n. a chief of a North American Indian tribe, a sagamore: one of the Tammany leaders.—ns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
The chief held a little higher position in the tribe than the sagamore did in his village.
From Four American Indians King Philip, Pontiac, Tecumseh, Osceola by Perry, F. M. (Frances Melville)
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