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Definition of: chieftain

(chēftən) noun
1. The head of a Highland clan.
2. Any chief; leader. See synonyms under CHIEF. [<OF chevetain <LL capitaneus <L caput head. Doublet of CAPTAIN.]
—chief′tain·cy, chief′tain·ship
noun

Most often used phrases:

local chieftain
chieftain named
liwei chieftain
tribal chieftain
viking chieftain
irish chieftain
chieftain tank
pueblo chieftain
chieftain called
highland chieftain
village chieftain
icelandic chieftain
germanic chieftain
native chieftain
xiongnu chieftain

'chieftain' used in domains:

clairemontchieftains.com
shiprockchieftains.com
uticachieftains.com
osseofairchildchieftains.com
potosichieftains.com
okemoschieftains.com

Statistical data

"chieftain" has the frequency of use of 0.0001% on city-data.com forum

"chieftain" has the frequency of use of 0.0002% on en.wikipedia.org.

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