sagamore
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of sagamore
1605–15, < Eastern Abenaki sὰkəmα < Proto-Algonquian *sa˙kima˙wa; cf. sachem
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The white sagamore had never before come in full uniform to a private talk, and it was necessary to smoke half an hour before a word could be said.
From The Chase of Saint-Castin and Other Stories of the French in the New World by Mary Hartwell Catherwood
"Does the sagamore think he is an object of veneration, that I should kiss him?"
From The Chase of Saint-Castin and Other Stories of the French in the New World by Mary Hartwell Catherwood
His bearing was frank and fearless, as became a sagamore.
From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Adams Drake
In his day, Philip was lord and sagamore of the Nantucket Indians.
From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Adams Drake
She was so surprised that her children were ignorant of Masconomo, the sagamore of Agawam.
From The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1886 Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 3, March, 1886 by Various
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