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sagamore

sag·a·more
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [sag-uh-mawr, ‐mohr]
    • /ˈsæg əˌmɔr, ‐ˌmoʊr/
    • /ˈsæ.ɡə.mɔː/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sag-uh-mawr, ‐mohr]
    • /ˈsæg əˌmɔr, ‐ˌmoʊr/

Definitions of sagamore word

  • noun sagamore (among the American Indians of New England) a chief or leader. 1
  • noun sagamore (among some North American Indians) a chief or eminent man 0
  • noun sagamore a chief of second rank among certain tribes of North American Indians 0

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Origin of sagamore

First appearance:

before 1605
One of the 40% oldest English words
1605-15, Americanism; < Eastern Abenaki sὰkəmα < Proto-Algonquian *sa˙kima˙wa; cf. sachem

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Parts of speech for Sagamore

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

sagamore popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 51% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

sagamore usage trend in Literature

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