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name
A place in the United States:
A census-designated place in the town of Bourne, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Cowanshannock Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Saltlick Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Synonym of sachem.
A chief of one or several Native American tribe(s), especially of the Algonquians.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, historical
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noun
Synonym of sachem.
An eminent member of a group, or an eminent person in society.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, archaic, historical, informal
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noun
A high-ranking officer of the Tammany Hall political organization responsible for taking care of its property.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, historical
Topics: government, politics
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noun
a chief of a North American tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sachem
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Broader terms: Indian chief, Indian chieftain
History
From an Algonquian language; compare Abenaki sôgmô, sôgemô (“chief”), Mi'kmaq saqamaw (“chief”), and Penobscot sagama, sagema, sagemo, sangemo (“chief”), all ultimately from Proto-Algonquian *sa·kima·wa (“male chief”). Doublet of sachem.
