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sagamore

N หัวหน้า เผ่า อินเดีย แดง ใน อเมริกา

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SAGAMORE

n.Among some tribes of American Indians, a king or chief.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SAGAMORE

SAGAMORE Sag "a *more, n.

1. Etym: [Cf. Sachem. ]

Defn: The head of a tribe among the American Indians; a chief; -- generally used as synonymous with sachem, but some writters distinguished between them, making the sachem a chief of the first rank, and a sagamore one of the second rank. "Be it sagamore, sachem, or powwow. " Longfellow.

2. A juice used in medicine. [Obs. ] Johnson.

New American Oxford Dictionary

sagamore

sag a more |ˈsagəˌmôr ˈsæɡəˌmɔr | ▶noun (among some American Indian peoples ) a chief; a sachem. ORIGIN from Eastern Abnaki sákəmá ‘strong man. ’ Compare with sachem .

Oxford Dictionary

sagamore

sagamore |ˈsagəmɔː | ▶noun (among some American Indian peoples ) a chief; a sachem. ORIGIN Eastern Abnaki.