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Sachem vs Shamen - What's the difference?

sachem | shamen |

As nouns the difference between sachem and shamen

is that sachem is a chief of a tribe of the american natives; a sagamore while shamen is (hypercorrect) ; the standard plural form is (shamans).

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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    shamen

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • (hypercorrect) ; the standard plural form is (shamans).

    • Usage notes

    * See the at the entry for (shaman).

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