Crossword clues for sagamore
sagamore
- ___ Hill (Oyster Bay, N.Y., landmark)
- ___ Hill, home of Theodore Roosevelt
- ___ Hill, historic home of Theodore Roosevelt
- A chief of a North American tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief)
- Long Island's ___ Hill National Historic Site
- Indian chief
- Sachem
- Algonquian chief
- Native American leader
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sagamore \Sag"a*more\, n.
[Cf. Sachem.] 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. ``Be it sagamore, sachem, or powwow.''
--Longfellow.A juice used in medicine. [Obs.]
--Johnson.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"king or chief among some Native American tribes," 1610s, sagamo, from Abenaki (Algonquian) zogemo "chief, ruler," from the same root as sachem.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A chief of one or several Native American tribe(s), especially of the Algonquians. 2 (context obsolete English) A juice used in medicine.
WordNet
n. a chief of a North American tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief) [syn: sachem]
Gazetteer
Housing Units (2000): 1532
Land area (2000): 3.356184 sq. miles (8.692476 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.152548 sq. miles (0.395097 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.508732 sq. miles (9.087573 sq. km)
FIPS code: 58965
Located within: Massachusetts (MA), FIPS 25
Location: 41.785825 N, 70.530887 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Wikipedia
Sagamore may refer to:
- Sachem or "Sagamore", denoting the head of some Native American tribes
- Wampatuck (d. 1669), Native American leader known as "Josiah Sagamore" to English settlers
Six merchant ships and one U.S. Navy tug have been named Sagamore.
- Lake Feodora, renamed Sagamore 1926 - 1934, U.S. propeller, steamer, Official No. 219574. Wrecked in 1934.
- Kenordoc, U.S. barge, Official No. 157506 . Named David Z. Norton 1998 - 0904. Named Sagamore 1904 - 1947. Named'' Kenordoc'' 1945 - 1956. Scrapped 1956.
- SS Sagamore (1892), U.S. whaleback barge, Official No. 57932. Sank after a collision in 1901.
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, a British cargo ship sunk in 1917 by U-49.
- Sagamore, U.S. steam yacht, rebuilt as a freight propeller, Official No. 116211. Ultimate disposition unknown.
- Sagamore, U.S. Navy tug. Named Sagamore 1944 - 1948. Renamed John E. McAllister 1948 - 1955. Scrapped 1955.
- Sagamore, U.S. cargo built 1996.
Usage examples of "sagamore".
There was clearly a connection between LFA and Sagamore through Doub Steel.
Each time he identified the pattern he was searching for, he pulled the buy order a yellow piece of paper on which was the name of the company in whose shares Sagamore was investing, the number of shares purchased, the date purchased, the brokerage house with which the trade was executed, and the portfolio man ager who had ordered the trade and walked down the hall to the office equipment station and made a photo copy.
There was no one else here, either, and he realized that all must be in the town square for the unusual muster of the sachems, caciques and sagamores.
Behind them were seated the second circle of the phylum caciques, sagamores and noted raiders.
Beyond the sagamores were the full clannsmen and behind them, the women.
Behind them stood the sagamores and renowned raiders, and behind them the multitude of full clannsmen.
Caledonians were on the philosophical side when it came to even such matters as obeying sagamores and caciques during their raids.
The Sagamore is of the high blood of the Delawares, and is the great chief of their Tortoises!
In New England, the Indian chiefs and higher-ups were called sagamores.
Look at the Sagamore, how like a grand Indian chief he sits by the fire.
Though love for the soil which had belonged to his ancestors kept the Sagamore of the Mohicans with a small band of followers who were serving at Edward, under the banners of the English king, by far the largest portion of his nation were known to be in the field as allies of Montcalm.