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  1. sachems: Merriam-Webster
  2. sachems: Collins English Dictionary
  3. sachems: Vocabulary.com
  4. Sachem's, Sachems, sachems: Wordnik
  5. sachems: Wiktionary
  6. sachems: Dictionary.com
  7. sachems: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (sachem)

noun:  A chief of one or several Native American tribe(s), especially of the Algonquians; a sagamore.
noun:  (informal)
noun:  A boss, a leader.
noun:  (archaic) An eminent member of a group, or an eminent person in society; a sagamore.
noun:  (politics) A high-ranking officer of the Tammany Hall political organization.
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