sachem
English
Etymology
First attested in the 1620s. Borrowed from Narragansett sachem; compare Unami sakima (“chief”), Mi'kmaq saqamaw (“chief”). Ultimately the same (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Algonquian root *sa·kima·wa as sagamore.
Pronunciation
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Noun
sachem (plural sachems)
- The chief of a Native American tribe; a sagamore.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 16
- Planted with their broad ends on the deck, a circle of these slabs laced together, mutually sloped towards each other, and at the apex united in a tufted point, where the loose hairy fibres waved to and fro like the top-knot on some old Pottowottamie Sachem’s head.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 16
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English sachem, from an Algonquian language.
Pronunciation
Noun
sachem m (plural sachems)
- sachem, Native American chief [from ca. 1700]
- 1704 January, Europische Mercurius, Vol. 15, part I, pages 82 & 83.
- IN July voorleeden is onze Gouverneur Ooſtwaart de Vrede met de Indiaanen weezen vernieuwen ; van 300 der zelve onder hun Hoofd Sachem Moxus en andere Sagomoren ontmoet ; aan dezen door hem in een opgeregte Tent, met een Koninglyke Standaard, betuigd , dat hy , ingevalle zy tot oorlog kwamen , 2200 Man vaardig had om op hen te vallen ; dat de Lord Cornbury , Gouverneur van Nieuw-Jork, de Mohowkons tegens hen zou opmaaken ; en dat hy gekomen was om uit henlieden te verſtaan , of zy voor de Vrede of den Oorlog waren.
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- 1704 January, Europische Mercurius, Vol. 15, part I, pages 82 & 83.
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