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chieftain

chief·tain [ chftən ] (plural chief·tains)


noun 
Definition:
 
leader of people: the leader or titular head of a people or similar ethnic group

[13th century. < Old French chevetaine, alteration of late Latin capitaneus (see captain)]

chief·tain·cy noun
chief·tain·ship noun
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