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sagamore

(sag′ə môr′)

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noun

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

Origin: < Abenaki skəmα

See sagamore in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A subordinate chief among the Algonquians of North America.

Origin:

Origin: Eastern Abenaki sα`kəmα

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