Sagamore

[sægәmɒ:]

Definition

(n.) 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.

(n.) A juice used in medicine.

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Definition

n. a chief among some tribes of American Indians—prob. conn. with sachem.

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