Chieftain
[cheef-tuh n, -tin] /ˈtʃif tən, -tɪn/
noun
1.
the chief of a clan or a tribe.
2.
a leader of a group, band, etc.:
the robbers’ chieftain.
3.
(initial capital letter) Military. Britain’s main battle tank since 1969, fitted with a 120mm gun and two machine guns and weighing 55 tons (50 metric tons).
/ˈtʃiːftən; -tɪn/
noun
1.
the head or leader of a tribe or clan
2.
the chief of a group of people
n.
early 14c., cheftayne “ruler, chief, head” of something, from Anglo-French chiefteyn, Old French chevetain “captain, chief, leader,” from Late Latin capitaneus “commander,” from Latin capitis, genitive of caput “head” (see capitulum). According to “Rob Roy” (1818) a Highland chieftain was the head of a branch of a clan, a chief was the head of the whole name. Related: Chieftainship.
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