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[SATCHEL.] sā-chěm, s. [North Amer. Indian.] 1. A chief among some of the native Indian tribes; a sagamore (q. v.). 2. A name given to the chief of the Tammany Society of New York City. sā-chăm-đôm, s. [Eng. sachem; -dom.] The government or jurisdiction of a sachem. "The sachemdom of Incas at Mohegan." -Stiles : Hist. Judges of Charles I., p. 109. sā-chem-ship, s. [Eng. sachem; -ship.] The office, dignity, or position of a sachem; Sachem dom.