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Chieftain vs Sachem - What's the difference?

chieftain | sachem |

As nouns the difference between chieftain and sachem

is that chieftain is a leader of a clan or tribe while sachem is a chief of a tribe of the american natives; a sagamore.

chieftain

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A leader of a clan or tribe.
  • A leader of a group, e.g. a robbers' chieftain.

    • Synonyms

    * (A very powerful person) chief, big gun, big shot, big wheel, bigwig, boss, employer, foreman, head, heid bummer, leader, mandarin, manager, mover and shaker, top banana, top dog, tycoon

    sachem

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A chief of a tribe of the American Natives; a sagamore.
  • *1851 ,
  • *: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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