Sag"a*more (?), n.
1. [Cf. Sachem.]
The head of a tribe among the American Indians; a chief; -- generally used as synonymous with sachem, but some writters distinguished between them, making the sachem a chief of the first rank, and a sagamore one of the second rank.
"Be it
sagamore, sachem, or powwow."
Longfellow.
2.
A juice used in medicine.
[Obs.]
Johnson.
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