• (n.) A juice used in medicine. • (n.) 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. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/sagamore/
Sag'a·more noun 1. [ Confer 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 r... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/5