sagamore Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a chief of a North American tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief)
    sachem.

WordNet

Sag"a*more noun
Definitions
  1. 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.
  2. A juice used in medicine. Obs. Johnson.

Webster 1913