| 单词 | grand sachem |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrand sachem b. U.S. Politics. One of a body of twelve high officials in the Tammany Society of New York, formed in 1786 and dissolved in 1967 (see Tammany n.) Also in grand sachem: the head of this body. Now historical. ΚΠ 1787 Daily Advertiser (N.Y.) 30 Apr. 2/4 The Members of St. Tammany's Society in the City of New-York are requested to meet at their Wigwam... By the order of the Sachem. 1790 Constit. Tammany Soc. 4 No member shall be permitted to speak more than once to any question, without permission of the Grand Sachem, unless in committee. 1838 Morning Herald (N.Y.) 2 Oct. I met John Woodward of New York, well known as a sachem or leader in Tammany Hall. 1890 Nation 20 Mar. 236/1 The tribulations of Tammany's former Grand Sachem, the Sheriff. 1938 J. W. Norwood Tammany Legend xi. 145 The chief of a ‘Tribe’ was its Sachem; the master of ceremonies, the Sagamore; the Sergeant at Arms, the Wiskinskie. 1974 R. A. Caro Power Broker ii. v. 78 Tammany's wily old sachems had probably realized early what Moses' plan would mean for them. 2005 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 1 Dec. 53/3 Two months later, Tweed became Tammany's Grand Sachem. < as lemmas |
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