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Definition of Chieftain

Chieftain
Chieftain Chief"tain, n. [OE. cheftayn, chevetayn, OF. chevetain, F. capitaine, LL. capitanus, fr. L. caput head. Cf. Captain, and see chief.] A captain, leader, or commander; a chief; the head of a troop, army, or clan. Syn: Chief; commander; leader; head. See Chief.

Meaning of Chieftain from wikipedia

- A tribal chief, chieftain, or headman is a leader of a tribal society or chiefdom. There is no definition for "tribe". The concept of tribe is a broadly...
- The FV4201 Chieftain was the primary main battle tank (MBT) of the United Kingdom from the 1960s into 1990s. Introduced in 1967, it was among the most...
- The Chieftains were a traditional Irish folk band formed in Dublin in 1962, by Paddy Moloney, Seán Potts and Michael Tubridy. Their sound, which is almost...
- Look up chieftain in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A chieftain is a tribal chief or village head. Chieftain or Chieftains may refer also to: A position...
- chiefs, coming from an indigenous formation. The most famous of the Vavni chieftains was Pandara Vannian, known for his resistance against the British colonial...
- The Pontiac Chieftain is an automobile which was produced by Pontiac from 1949 to 1958. The 1949 Chieftain and Streamliner models were the first all new...
- out of the window and they'd have to start again." Godrich also plays Chieftain Mews, a long-running character who appears in Radiohead's promotional...
- Kál or Káli (Gr****: Καλῆ; "Kalis") was a Hungarian chieftain at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries. He held the title of harka (Gr****: karchas). His...
- The Chieftain is a two-act comic opera by Arthur ****van and F. C. Burnand based on their 1867 opera, The Contrabandista. It consists of substantially...
- ancient Norse settlements in Greenland were called paramount chieftains. The first chieftain was Erik the Red, the founder of these settlements. The seat...