Chieftain

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  • noun. The leader or head of a group, especially of a clan or tribe.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A captain, leader, or commander; a chief; the head of a troop, army, or clan.
  • noun. Synonyms Commander, Leader, etc. See chief.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A captain, leader, or commander; a chief; the head of a troop, army, or clan.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A leader of a clan or tribe.
  • noun. A leader of a group, e.g. a robbers' chieftain.
  • noun. The name of a British military tank.
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  • noun. the head of a tribe or clan
  • noun. the leader of a group of people
    • Word Usage
    "During these various operations – for the whole family seemed eager to show their hospitality – the old man discovered, not so much by the costliness of his garments as by the noble mien and gentle manners of the stranger, that he was some chieftain from the castle."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    leader  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    adventurer  ally  ancestor  baron  chief  
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    Words with the same meaning
    anointed king  big gun  big shot  big wheel  bigwig  
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