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sagamore

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sag·a·more  (sg-môr, -mr)
n.
A subordinate chief among the Algonquians of North America.
[Eastern Abenaki skm.]
sagamore [ˈsægəˌmɔː]
n
(Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) (among some North American Indians) a chief or eminent man Also called sachem
[from Abnaki sāgimau, literally: he overcomes]
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Noun1.sagamore - a chief of a North American tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief)
sachem
Indian chief, Indian chieftain - the leader of a group of Native Americans


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These are an Indian sagamore and his attendants, who have come to gaze at the labors of the white men.
Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
Foot by foot, they were driven back from the shores, until I, that am a chief and a Sagamore, have never seen the sun shine but through the trees, and have never visited the graves of my fathers.
The Last of The Mohicans by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
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