# sagamore

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsæɡəmɔː/ · frequency rank #89,858

## Definitions
1. Synonym of sachem.
2. Synonym of sachem.
3. A high-ranking officer of the Tammany Hall political organization responsible for taking care of its property.

## Etymology
From an Algonquian language; compare Abenaki sôgmô, sôgemô (“chief”), Mi'kmaq saqamaw (“chief”), and Penobscot sagama, sagema, sagemo, sangemo (“chief”), all ultimately from Proto-Algonquian *sa·kima·wa (“male chief”). Doublet of sachem.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sagamore