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sagamore

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sag⋅a⋅more

[sag-uh-mawr, ‑mohr]
–noun
(among the American Indians of New England) a chief or leader.

Origin:
1605–15, Americanism; < Eastern Abenaki sὰkəmα < Proto-Algonquian *sa˙kima˙wa; cf. sachem
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sag·a·more   (sāg'ə-môr', -mōr')   
n.  A subordinate chief among the Algonquians of North America.

[Eastern Abenaki sα`kəmα.]
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