When you say 'Tammany' are you speaking Amerindian?

'Tammany' is a word borrowed from Amerindian 'Tammany'. The word entered the English language some time around 1872.

Tammany [adjective] [1872]

Of, relating to, or constituting a group or organization exercising or seeking municipal political control by methods o...

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note: Named after a North American Indian chief of the late 17th century in Pennsylvania.
Etymology: headquarters of the Tammany Society, political organization in New York City

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