Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sachem"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sachem \Sa"chem\ (s[acr"]chem), n.
A chief of a tribe of the American Indians; a sagamore. See
{Sagamore}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sachem
n 1: a political leader (especially of Tammany Hall)
2: a chief of a North American tribe or confederation
(especially an Algonquian chief) [syn: {sagamore}]
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