Definition of "sagamore" []

• A subordinate chief among the Algonquians of North America. (noun)

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• "In a subsequent mission for Governor William Bradford that summer, Squanto was captured by Wampanoag while gathering intelligence on the renegade sagamore, Corbitant, at the village of Nemasket site of present-day Middleborough, Massachusetts."
• "More Indians arrived, a band of thirty and then the sagamore Bessabez, a leading presence in the region."
• "At first light, the grand sagamore emerged from his lodge and ran shouting through the sleeping camp."