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sagamore

sag·a·more [ sággə màwr ] (plural sag·a·mores)


noun 
Definition:
 
Native N American leader: among the Native North American Algonquian people, a subordinate chief

[Early 17th century. < Algonquian sangman "he overcomes," "chief"]
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