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sagamore definition

☆ saga·more (sag′ə môr′)

noun

a chief of second rank among certain tribes of North American Indians: sometimes equivalent to sachem (sense )

Etymology: < Abenaki skəmα

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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