| 单词 | squaw sachem |
| 释义 | > as lemmassquaw sachem squaw sachem n. [ < Pidgin Massachusett, translating the elements of Massachusett sonksq queen, lit. ‘sachem woman’ (see sunk squaw n.)] now historical (among the Algonquian peoples of southern New England) a queen or female chief ruling in her own right, or the wife of a sachem or chief (cf. sunk squaw n.). ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > rule or government of family or tribe > head of family, tribe, or clan > [noun] > native American > female squaw sachem1622 sunk squaw1661 1622 Relation Eng. Plantation Plimoth, New Eng. 57 Also the Squa Sachim, or Massachusets Queene was an enemy to him. 1716 B. Church Entertaining Passages Philip's War i. 2 Among the rest he sent Six Men to Awashonks Squaw-Sachem of the Sogkonate Indians, to engage her in his Interests. 1883 Harper's Mag. June 23/1 The Indian came with his whole train of warriors and women, including his queen, the celebrated ‘squaw sachem’ Weetamo. 2017 Telegram & Gaz. (Mass.) (Nexis) 10 June a8 The late Zara Cisco Brough.., who called herself Princess White Flower, presented herself as a hereditary squaw sachem when she promoted tribal status for the Nipmucs. < as lemmas |
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