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noun
- 1. (among some North American Indian peoples) a chief.
The meaning of SACHEM is a North American Indian chief; especially : the chief of a confederation of the Algonquian tribes of the North Atlantic coast.
Sachems / ˈseɪtʃəmz / and sagamores / ˈsæɡəmɔːrz / are paramount chiefs among the Algonquians or other Native American tribes of northeastern North America, including the Iroquois. The two words are anglicizations of cognate terms (c. 1622) from different Eastern Algonquian languages.
noun. (among some North American Indians) the chief of a tribe. the chief of a confederation. a member of the governing body of the League of the Iroquois. one of the high officials in the Tammany Society. Slang. a political party leader. sachem. / seɪˈtʃɛmɪk; ˈseɪtʃəm; ˈseɪtʃə- /.
Massasoit Sachem ( / ˌmæsəˈsɔɪ ( ɪ) t / MASS-ə-SOYT, -SOY-it) [ 1][ 2] or Ousamequin ( c. 1581 – 1661) [ 3] was the sachem or leader of the Wampanoag confederacy. Massasoit means Great Sachem. Massasoit was not his name but a title. English colonists mistook Massasoit as his name and it stuck. [ 4]
3 days ago · Definitions of sachem. noun. a chief of a North American tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief) synonyms: sagamore. see more. noun. a political leader (especially of Tammany Hall) see more.
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May 29, 2018 · SACHEM, a term drawn from Algonkin speakers of the Northeast. Although English colonists in New England applied the term to most Indian leaders, the term truly applied to hereditary civil leaders as opposed to war leaders who acquired their status through prowess in combat.
1. a. A chief of a Native American tribe or confederation, especially an Algonquian chief. b. A member of the ruling council of the Iroquois confederacy. 2. A high official of the Tammany Society, a political organization in New York City. [ Of Massachusett origin .]
May 21, 2024 · sachem (plural sachems) (US, chiefly historical) A chief of one or several Native American tribe (s), especially of the Algonquians ; a sagamore . [from early 17th c.]
A Sachem was a paramount chief among the Algonquins, but the term also referred to the leader of the New York City political machine Tammany Hall. Until 1951, both societies published the names of their newly elected members in the Columbia Daily Spectator, as well as in The New York Times on occasions. [2] [7]
Sachem and sagamores are terms for North American Indian chiefs. It is particularly used in Algonquian -speaking tribes of the Northeastern Woodlands. [1] The sachem was the highest level of chiefs. The sagamore was a lower-ranking chief. [2]
