meaning of sagamore
1. The head of a tribe among the American Indians; a chief; -- generally used as synonymous with sachem, but some writters distinguished between them, making the sachem a chief of the first rank, and a sagamore one of the second rank.
2. A juice used in medicine.
3. a chief of a North American tribe or confederation especially an Algonquian chief
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