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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)
Indian chief, Indian chieftain - the leader of a group of Native Americans


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