1. A political leader (especially of Tammany Hall) 
2. A chief of a North American tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief)
   - sagamore

Derived forms: sachems

Type of: Indian chief, Indian chieftain, pol [N. Amer], political leader, politician, politico, pollie [Austral], polly [Austral]

Encyclopedia: Sachem

• leech onto
• leechee
• leechlike
• Leeds
• leek
• leer
• leering
• leery
• lees
• leet
• Leeuwenhoek
• leeward
• Leeward Islands
• leeward side
• leeward tide
• leeway
• leflunomide
• left
• left atrioventricular valve
• left atrium
• left atrium of the heart
• Left Bank
• left brain
• left coronary artery
• left fielder