单词 | sagamore |
释义 | sagamoren. 1. Among some Algonquian peoples of New England: one of a class of local and regional political leaders, some of whom ranked above others (now historical). Also in extended use (U.S. colloquial): a prominent member of a society or other group (now rare). Cf. sachem n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > rule or government of family or tribe > head of family, tribe, or clan > [noun] > native American cacique1555 werowance1588 sagamore1605 sachem1622 sachamaker1682 1605 J. Rosier True Relation Voy. G. Waymouth sig. C3v Those chiefe lords, whom they call Sagamos, diuide the spoile, and giue to euery man a share. 1624 C. Levett Voy. New Eng. iii. 20 Sanops, must speake to Sanops, and Sagamors to Sagamors. 1675 London Gaz. No. 1017/1 King Philip the Indian Segamore of those parts, had raised about six hundred Men in Arms. 1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi vii. App. 76/2 To this Instrument were set the Paws of Edgeremet, and Five more of their Sagamores. 1751 C. Gist Jrnls. (1893) 72 This Beaver is the Sachemore or Chief of the Delawares. 1826 J. F. Cooper Last of Mohicans II. xiii. 221 Uncas,..the wisest Sagamore of the Mohicans! 1865 F. Parkman Champlain iv, in Pioneers of France in New World 246 But the vision of the centenarian sagamore put them all to shame. 1938 New Eng. Q. 11 571 In 1660 an Indian sagamore named Fluellin sold to John Sanders, John Bush, and Peter Turbat a parcel including part of what is now Lyman. 2017 Brown Daily Herald (Rhode Island) (Nexis) 17 Sept. 1 The sagamore of the Pokanoket spoke about his ancestry in a video posted to the camp's Facebook page. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > North American trees or shrubs > [noun] > of unidentified type sagamore's head1742 1742 P. Collinson Let. 3 Feb. in J. Bartram Corr. (1992) 180 I don't find the Butter Nut which is plenty in New England..with the Medlar & Sagamores head. Derivatives ˈsagamoreship n. Now historical the position, realm, or reign of a sagamore. [Compare earlier sachemship n. at sachem n. Derivatives.] ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > jurisdiction or territory of specific rulers or nobles > [noun] > of others thanage14.. thanedomc1425 satrapy1569 chiefery1587 caliphate1614 sultany1639 sagamoreship1670 rajaship1698 ladyship1709 satrapate1717 march1726 sachemdom1764 Nizamat1765 khanate1799 jarldom1820 sultanate1822 knightship1845 sheikhdom1845 sachemship1876 sheikh-ship1878 shahdom1884 chiefship1894 thakurate1901 1670 J. Ogilby America ii. ii. 160 It lies in the Sagamoreship, or Earldom of Aggawan, now by the English call'd Essex. 1884 Celebration Two Hundred & Fiftieth Anniv. Ipswich 93 It was an Indian sagamoreship, or earldom, of which Masconnomet was the last sachem. 2002 D. Stewart-Smith in T. Piotrowski Indian Heritage New Hampsh. & Northern New Eng. xii. 127/1 The Indian town of Penacook was maintained as a place of retreat and fortification during the sagamoreships of Wonalancet and Passaconaway. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1605 |
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