Examples of 'sachem' in a sentence

Meaning of "sachem"

Sachem historically refers to a chief or leader in certain Native American tribes
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  • A chief of one or several Native American tribe(s), especially of the Algonquians; a sagamore.
  • A boss, a leader.
  • An eminent member of a group, or an eminent person in society; a sagamore.
  • A high-ranking officer of the Tammany Hall political organization.

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Pequod will be a great sachem one day.
Sachem also surrendered.
I had become a sachem without a tribe.
I have been unable to determine the identity of this sachem.
Ings of the sachem and all his people.
Many tribes had a chieftain or village leader known as a sachem.
This sachem is said to have governed in great harmony with his nephew.
All posts by sachem.
Sachem Technology accomplishes the job accurately and on time.
Cresswell got their Sachem to make his mark.
A sachem is a title given to the head or leader of an Indian tribe.
And he will be proud to be the son of a Sachem like Masca.
They executed the principal Pequot sachem Tatobem because of a violation of an agreement.
The Mohawks adopted him and elected him a sachem.
Magua curses the sachem and departs with Alice and his men.

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This was retribution for the confiscation of land belonging to sachem Sowheag.
The sachem rules that Heyward should be returned to the British.
Then he tried tricking the Pilgrims into attacking the sachem.
Sachem and Corypheus were designated the first to bombard the Confederate fort.
English writers never fail to call the Indian sachem the old gentleman.
Sagamore and sachem are Native American leadership titles.
The Sagamore was a lesser chief than the Sachem.
Grand sachem of Narragansett.
Cantwell also developed triple deckers on adjacent lots on Darling and Sachem Streets.
Those born therein, a sachem to represent the household in.
Notes of that Council meeting referred to Hamilton as Sachem.
Awashonks became sachem not by inheritance, but through quality of leadership.
Queen Weetamoo is known today as the Squaw Sachem.
Sachem provides real-time monitoring, signalling and diagnosing problems and recommending corrective actions.
About the Sachem.
The sachem issue was not re-litigated because Connecticut withdrew its objection.
The rink stands at the intersection of Prospect and Sachem Streets.
A Sachem could also come about by merit, these were generally earned in acts of warfare.
In this capacity he and Samuel Perry were appointed trustees to the Indian sachem Ninigret.
Atalopedes campestris (called the Sachem in the United States) is a small skipper.
I have to defend each centimeter of my territory, like a sachem.
Both schools proudly kept the Sachem team name " Sachem Flaming Arrows.
Regardless, the entire tribe was led by one sachem chief.
Unlike Sachem Head, however, Elliott does not want Premier Inn to sell its properties.
I come to you unarmed and in peace to unstop your ears, Sachem.
Sachem inc - sachem inc.
I come to you unarmed and in peace to unstuff your ears, Sachem.
Leadership was restricted to a group of 50 sachem chiefs, each representing one clan within a tribe.
Within your house, you remember secretly the daughter of their Sachem.
My father, the sachem of our people, had a vision when I was little.
The baron married an Abenaki woman, the daughter of the sachem Modockawando.
Then a Sachem of the tribe of the Eagle rose, and spoke thus,.
Translating in French to unstuff your ears, Sachem.
The sachem impressed the Pilgrims as being personable, gentle, courteous, and fair-conditioned.
Afterwards he became a Democrat again, and was elected a Sachem of Tammany Hall.

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