OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 8028

chief

/t͡ʃiːf/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cacique • curaca • jefe
The leader or head of a tribe, organisation, business unit, or other group.
In virtue of this privilege, in testimony of my affectionate respect for a revered chief, in conformity with what I believe to be the wish of all the Members of the scientific depa…
My father, Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa, was a chief by both blood and custom.
jefe
An informal term of address.
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