chief of an American Indian tribe, 1620s, from Narragansett (Algonquian) sachim "chief, ruler," cognate with Abenaki sangman, Delaware sakima, Micmac sakumow, Penobscot sagumo. Applied jocularly to a prominent member of any society from 1680s; specific political use in U.S. is from 1890, from its use as the title of the 12 high officials of the Tammany Society of New York.
双语例句
1. He could not go out to war as a sachem.
首领的身份是不能够参加战争的.
来自辞典例句
2. No gens would have a chief or sachem from any gens but its own.
任何氏族只能从本氏族中选出其酋帅或首领.
来自辞典例句
3. Let them come, if they like, be It'sagamore , sachem, or pow - wow .
让他们来吧, 只要他们愿意,随便是谁, 萨加莫尔, 萨成, 庖沃.
来自互联网
4. The gens deposes the sachem and war - chief at will.
