sagamore

[ sag-uh-mawr, ‐mohr ]

/ ˈsæg əˌmɔr, ‐ˌmoʊr /

(among the American Indians of New England) a chief or leader.

Origin of sagamore

1605–15, Americanism; < Eastern Abenaki sὰkəmα < Proto-Algonquian *sa˙kima˙wa; cf. sachem

“With every fiber in me I want to run this race,” said Loeb at the press conference at the Sagamore Hotel.

Sofia Vergara’s Fiancé, Nicholas Loeb, Just Can’t Catch A Break |Tricia Romano |January 8, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
A large metal sign permanently affixed to the superstructure reminded us that we were on the “Sagamore Bridge, 1933-1935.”

It’s Time America Makes Good Again on Its Belief in Public Works and Public Spirit |Daniel Kevles |September 1, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
This was Samoset, sagamore of a country lying five days' journey from thence, called Patuxet.

The Every Day Book of History and Chronology |Joel Munsell
"Owanux are few, and the Indians many," replied the Sagamore.

The Knight of the Golden Melice |John Turvill Adams

Books are all very well in their way, and we love them at Sagamore Hill; but children are better than books.

Theodore Roosevelt |Theodore Roosevelt
"My brother speaks well," said the Sagamore, having thus secured another guardian for the sister whom he tenderly loved.

The Knight of the Golden Melice |John Turvill Adams
Sagamore Hill is one of three neighboring houses in which small cousins spent very happy years of childhood.

Theodore Roosevelt |Theodore Roosevelt

sagamore

/ (ˈsæɡəˌmɔː) /

(among some North American Indians) a chief or eminent man Also called: sachem

C17: from Abnaki sāgimau, literally: he overcomes