sagamore
pronunciation
How to pronounce sagamore in British English:
UK ['sægəmɔː]
How to pronounce sagamore in American English:
US ['sægəˌmoʊr]
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- Noun:
- a chief of a North American tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief)
Word Origin
- sagamore (n.)
- "king or chief among some Native American tribes," 1610s, sagamo, from Abenaki (Algonquian) zogemo "chief, ruler," from the same root as sachem.
Example
- 1. It was the editor and proprietor of the sagamore .
- 2. At last the saturday came , and the weekly sagamore arrived .
- 3. And so , let tilbury like it or not , let him rave in his grave to his fill , no matter -- no mention of his death would ever see the light in the weekly sagamore .