Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sagamore"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sagamore \Sag"a*more\, n.
1. [Cf. {Sachem}.] 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. ``Be it sagamore, sachem,
or powwow.'' --Longfellow.
2. A juice used in medicine. [Obs.] --Johnson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sagamore
n : a chief of a North American tribe or confederation
(especially an Algonquian chief) [syn: {sachem}]
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