SACHEM

Sachem

A sachem or sagamore is a paramount chief among the Algonquians or other northeast American tribes. The two words are anglicizations of cognate terms from different Eastern Algonquian languages. Some sources contend the sagamore was a lesser chief than the sachem.

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sachem

Noun

  1. A chief of a tribe of the American Natives; a sagamore.


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