sachem

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈseɪt͡ʃəm/|/ˈsæt͡ʃəm/    美 /ˈseɪt͡ʃəm/|/ˈsæt͡ʃəm/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A chief of one or several Native American tribe(s), especially of the Algonquians; a sagamore. US,historical
    — Planted with their broad ends on the deck, a circle of these slabs laced together, mutually sloped towards each other, and at the apex united in a tufted point, where the loose hairy fibres waved to and fro like the top-knot on some old Pottowottamie Sachem’s head.
  2. A boss, a leader. US,historical,informal
  3. An eminent member of a group, or an eminent person in society; a sagamore. US,archaic,historical,informal
  4. A high-ranking officer of the Tammany Hall political organization. US,historical
    — The society elects annually thirteen sachems, which represent the original thirteen States. […] The other officers of the society are a Secretary, Treasurer, Sagamore, and Wiskinkie.
  5. A butterfly of the Americas, Atalopedes campestris. US,historical

词形变化

sachems plural

词汇关系

衍生词
sachemdom sachemic sachemship
相关词
sagamore sagamoreship

词源

Borrowed from Narragansett sachem; compare Mi'kmaq saqamaw (“chief”) and Unami sakima (“chief”), all ultimately from Proto-Algonquian *sa·kima·wa. Doublet of sagamore.
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