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Webster 1913 Edition


Sagamore

Sag′a-more

,
Noun.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sagamore

SAG'AMORE

,
Noun.
Among some tribes of American Indians, a king or chief.