Found 2 items, similar to sachem.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: sachem
sachem
n 1: a political leader (especially of Tammany Hall)
2: a chief of a North American tribe or confederation
(especially an Algonquian chief) [syn:
sagamore]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Sachem
Sachem
\Sa"chem\ (s[a^]"chem), n.
A chief of a tribe of the American Indians; a sagamore. See
Sagamore.
[1913 Webster]