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6 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a political leader (especially of Tammany Hall)
noun a chief of a North American tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief)
originBorrowed from Narragansett sachem; compare Mi'kmaq saqamaw (“chief”) and Unami sakima (“chief”), all ultimately from Proto-Algonquian *sa·kima·wa. Doublet of sagamore.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
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