SACHEM

sachem, sagamore

(noun) a chief of a North American tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief)

sachem

(noun) a political leader (especially of Tammany Hall)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

sachem (plural sachems)

The chief of a Native American tribe; a sagamore.

(US, politics, historical) A leader in the Tammany Hall society.

Anagrams

• mechas, samech, schame, schema

Source: Wiktionary


Sa"chem, n.

Definition: A chief of a tribe of the American Indians; a sagamore.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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