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Definition of Sachem
1. Noun. A political leader (especially of Tammany Hall).
2. Noun. A chief of a North American tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief).
Definition of Sachem
1. n. A chief of a tribe of the American Indians; a sagamore.
Definition of Sachem
1. Noun. A chief of a tribe of the American Natives; a sagamore. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sachem
1. a North American Indian chief [n -S] : SACHEMIC [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sachem
Literary usage of Sachem
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New-York by John Romeyn Brodhead, Berthold Fernow, Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan (1883)
"... RESOLUTIONS то EMPLOY л LONG ISLAND sachem AGAINST HOSTILE I This day, being
the 2ith of May 164:5, came here a chief named ..."
2. Native Writings in Massachusett by Ives Goddard, Kathleen Joan Bragdon (1988)
"The sachem was usually male, and a member of a privileged lineage. Any member of
a sachem lineage might also be referred to as sachem. ..."
3. Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society by Connecticut Historical Society (1892)
"And I also send you two copies of Record ; one, the Establishment of the present
sachem, and the other, the Establishment of his predecessor, ..."
4. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut [1636-1776] by Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly, James Hammond Trumbull, Charles Jeremy Hoadly, Council of Safety (Conn.). (1874)
"have already entered upon, or shall hereafter enter upon, the said sachem's land,
or.any part thereof; as also to assist and advise said sachem in leasing ..."
5. Indian Wars of New England by Herbert Milton Sylvester (1910)
"acut,1 a Podunk sachem, requested the English to send a colony into his part of
the country. He appealed to Winthrop, then Governor of Massachusetts Bay, ..."
6. Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts by Colonial Society of Massachusetts (1913)
"1912] THE INDIAN sachem NINIGRET Mr. ALBERT MATTHEWS spoke ... follows: Ninigret
appears to have been a generic namel for the sachem of the Niantic Indians. ..."
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