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SACHEM

\sˈaʃəm], \sˈaʃəm], \s_ˈa_ʃ_ə_m]\

Definitions of SACHEM

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language

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a chief of a North American tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief)

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

a chief of a North American tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief)

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

A North American Indian chief.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

A North American Indian chief.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

The head in civil affairs of a N. American Indian tribe, the chief being leader in war.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Am. Indian chief.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

A Red-Indian chief.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

A chief among some of the Indian tribes of N. America.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

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