"sachem" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Dutch]

IPA: /ˈsaː.xəm/ Forms: sachems [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from English sachem, from an Algonquian language. Etymology templates: {{bor|nl|en|sachem}} English sachem Head templates: {{nl-noun|m|-s|-}} sachem m (plural sachems)
  1. sachem, Native American chief Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-sachem-nl-noun-qFXTxfMr Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈseɪt͡ʃəm/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsæt͡ʃəm/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Forms: sachems [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Narragansett sachem; compare Mi'kmaq saqamaw (“chief”) and Unami sakima (“chief”), all ultimately from Proto-Algonquian *sa·kima·wa. Doublet of sagamore. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|xnt|sachem}} Borrowed from Narragansett sachem, {{cog|mic|saqamaw|t=chief}} Mi'kmaq saqamaw (“chief”), {{cog|unm|sakima|t=chief}} Unami sakima (“chief”), {{der|en|alg-pro|*sa·kima·wa}} Proto-Algonquian *sa·kima·wa, {{doublet|en|sagamore}} Doublet of sagamore Head templates: {{en-noun}} sachem (plural sachems), {{term-label|en|US|chiefly|historical}} (US, chiefly historical)
  1. A chief of one or several Native American tribe(s), especially of the Algonquians; a sagamore. Tags: US, historical
    Sense id: en-sachem-en-noun-Wfsyq~pC Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of American English: 76 1 3 19 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 1 5 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 85 3 3 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 27 1 1 4 31 3 31 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 0 0 2 36 2 36 2
  2. (informal)
    A boss, a leader.
    Tags: US, historical, informal Synonyms: boss
    Sense id: en-sachem-en-noun-ny~MbGjI
  3. (informal)
    (archaic) An eminent member of a group, or an eminent person in society; a sagamore.
    Tags: US, archaic, historical, informal
    Sense id: en-sachem-en-noun-jJ7ySJP3
  4. (politics) A high-ranking officer of the Tammany Hall political organization. Tags: US, historical Categories (topical): Politics
    Sense id: en-sachem-en-noun-QgxV2gCv Topics: government, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: sachemdom, sachemic, sachemship Related terms: sagamore, sagamoreship

Noun [French]

Forms: sachems [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} sachem m (plural sachems)
  1. sachem Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-sachem-fr-noun-f3thMvB~ Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries

Verb [Galician]

Head templates: {{head|gl|verb form}} sachem
  1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of sachar:
    third-person plural present subjunctive
    Tags: form-of, plural, present, subjunctive, third-person Form of: sachar
    Sense id: en-sachem-gl-verb-swGTQ~SJ Categories (other): Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Galician entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 27 1 1 4 31 3 31 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 0 0 2 36 2 36 2 Disambiguation of Galician entries with incorrect language header: 87 13
  2. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of sachar:
    third-person plural imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, plural, third-person Form of: sachar
    Sense id: en-sachem-gl-verb-mcf8GAEe

Verb [Portuguese]

IPA: /ˈsa.ʃẽj̃/ [Brazil], [ˈsa.ʃẽɪ̯̃] [Brazil], /ˈsa.ʃɐ̃j̃/ [Portugal], /ˈsa.ʃɐ̃j̃/ [Portugal], /ˈsa.t͡ʃɐ̃j̃/ [Northern, Portugal]
Rhymes: (Brazil) -aʃẽj̃, (Portugal) -aʃɐ̃j̃ Head templates: {{head|pt|verb form}} sachem
  1. inflection of sachar:
    third-person plural present subjunctive
    Tags: form-of, plural, present, subjunctive, third-person Form of: sachar
    Sense id: en-sachem-pt-verb-swGTQ~SJ Categories (other): Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 27 1 1 4 31 3 31 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 0 0 2 36 2 36 2 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 86 14
  2. inflection of sachar:
    third-person plural imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, plural, third-person Form of: sachar
    Sense id: en-sachem-pt-verb-mcf8GAEe

Noun [Romanian]

Etymology: Borrowed from French sachem. Etymology templates: {{bor+|ro|fr|sachem}} Borrowed from French sachem Head templates: {{ro-noun|m|sachemi}} sachem m (plural sachemi) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-noun|g=m|gpd=sachemilor|gpi=sachemi|gsd=sachemului|gsi=sachem|n=|npd=sachemii|npi=sachemi|nsd=sachemul|nsi=sachem|vp=sachemilor|vs=sachemule|vs2=}} Forms: sachemi [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], sachem [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], sachemul [accusative, definite, nominative, singular], sachemi [accusative, indefinite, nominative, plural], sachemii [accusative, definite, nominative, plural], sachem [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, singular], sachemului [definite, error-unrecognized-form, singular], sachemi [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, plural], sachemilor [definite, error-unrecognized-form, plural], sachemule [singular, vocative], sachemilor [plural, vocative]
  1. sachem Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-sachem-ro-noun-f3thMvB~ Categories (other): Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Romanian entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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    },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      },
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  ],
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          "ref": "1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter XVI, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "1983, Howard S. Russell, Indian New England Before the Mayflower, page 19:",
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        }
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        ],
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        ],
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          "group",
          "group#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person#Noun"
        ],
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        ]
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        "(informal)",
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          "ref": "1865, R. G. Horton, “The History of Tammany Society, or, Columbian Order. Chapter V. From 1834 to 1840.”, in D. T. Valentine, Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York, New York, N.Y.: Edmund Jones & Co. [for the Common Council], →OCLC, page 876:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1983, Virgil W. Peterson, The Mob: 200 Years of Organized Crime in New York, page 4:",
          "text": "Aboriginal titles were adopted and the head of each tribe was called a sachem. […] Its proprietor, Abraham Martling, was elected a sachem on several occasions and members of Tammany were often called Martling Men.",
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        [
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        ],
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        "(politics) A high-ranking officer of the Tammany Hall political organization."
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      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsæt͡ʃəm/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
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  ],
  "word": "sachem"
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        "plural"
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          "text": "IN July voorleeden is onze Gouverneur Ooſtwaart de Vrede met de Indiaanen weezen vernieuwen ; van 300 der zelve onder hun Hoofd Sachem Moxus en andere Sagomoren ontmoet ; aan dezen door hem in een opgeregte Tent, met een Koninglyke Standaard, betuigd , dat hy , ingevalle zy tot oorlog kwamen , 2200 Man vaardig had om op hen te vallen ; dat de Lord Cornbury , Gouverneur van Nieuw-Jork, de Mohowkons tegens hen zou opmaaken ; en dat hy gekomen was om uit henlieden te verſtaan , of zy voor de Vrede of den Oorlog waren.",
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        "Brazil"
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    },
    {
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      "rhymes": "(Brazil) -aʃẽj̃"
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          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "1865, R. G. Horton, “The History of Tammany Society, or, Columbian Order. Chapter V. From 1834 to 1840.”, in D. T. Valentine, Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York, New York, N.Y.: Edmund Jones & Co. [for the Common Council], →OCLC, page 876:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "text": "Aboriginal titles were adopted and the head of each tribe was called a sachem. […] Its proprietor, Abraham Martling, was elected a sachem on several occasions and members of Tammany were often called Martling Men.",
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        "vp": "sachemilor",
        "vs": "sachemule",
        "vs2": ""
      },
      "name": "ro-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Romanian",
  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        "Pages with 6 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Romanian countable nouns",
        "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Romanian lemmas",
        "Romanian masculine nouns",
        "Romanian nouns",
        "Romanian nouns with red links in their headword lines",
        "Romanian terms borrowed from French",
        "Romanian terms derived from French"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sachem"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sachem",
          "sachem#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sachem"
}

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{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'genitive-dative'",
  "path": [
    "sachem"
  ],
  "section": "Romanian",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "sachem",
  "trace": ""
}

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