sagamore
Meaning
Noun
- A chief of one or several Native American tribe(s), especially of the Algonquians.
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Origin
- First attested in the 1610s–1620s. From an Algonquian language; compare Abenaki sôgmô, sôgemô; Penobscot sagema ("chief"); Mi'kmaq saqamaw ("chief"). Ultimately the same Proto-Algonquian root *sa·kima·wa as sachem.
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