单词	sachem
释义	sachem /ˈseɪtʃəm / /ˈsatʃəm / noun 1(Among some American Indian peoples) a chief.The leading sachem Massasoit told them that the population had been destroyed by a sickness.... The elder clan mothers in matrilineal Iroquois society had the power to choose the sachems, or peace chiefs, for each of their clans. Like the sachem of the Iroquois and the Lakota of the Plains, Hawaiian chiefs, too, had to adapt to survive and compete against the European intruders, and did so with some success. 1.1North American informal A boss or leader: a Mafia sachem... There came a moment of extraordinary professional solidarity from the sachems of journalism in response. Origin From Narragansett, 'chief, sagamore'.
随便看	inexactitude assignable assignation assignee assigner assignment assignor (as) silent as the grave (as) silent (or quiet) as the grave assimilable assimilate assimilation assimilationist assimilative assimilativeness assimilator assimilatory Assiniboin Assiniboine Assiniboine River Assisi assist assistance assistant assistant curate

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