OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 32040

chieftain

/ˈt͡ʃiːf.tən/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cabecilla • cacique • caudillo • jefe • jeque
A leader of a clan or tribe.
They were probably the work of individual craftsmen working to meet the chieftains' needs. Their place in the chronology of the big cemeteries is indicated by the less richly-decor…
VI. THE PUYUMA GROUP. The tribes belonging to this group occupy the plains in Hinan and that neighbourhood, and call themselves "Puyumas," but the Chinese call them the "Hinan Sava…
jefe • líder
A leader of a group.
The robber chieftain divided up the spoils.
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