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  2. noun [ C ] us / ˈtʃif·tən / Add to word list. the leader of a tribe (= a group of families) (Definition of chieftain from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of chieftain. chieftain.

  3. : a chief especially of a band, tribe, or clan. chieftainship. ˈchēf-tən-ˌship. noun. Examples of chieftain in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web Bernadine is the great-granddaughter of Victorio, the Chiricahua Apache warrior and chieftain.

  4. Chieftain definition: the chief of a clan or a tribe.. See examples of CHIEFTAIN used in a sentence.

  5. chieftain. noun [ C ] us / ˈtʃiːf.t ə n / uk / ˈtʃiːf.t ə n /. Add to word list. the leader of a tribe. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. People in charge of or controlling other people. acephalous. administrator.

  6. 1. (Anthropology & Ethnology) the head or leader of a tribe or clan. 2. the chief of a group of people. [C14: from Old French chevetaine, from Late Latin capitāneus commander; see captain] ˈchieftaincy, ˈchieftainˌship n.

  7. noun. 1. the chief of a clan or a tribe. 2. a leader of a group, band, etc. the robbers' chieftain. 3. (cap) Military. a British battle tank introduced in 1966, fitted with a 120mm gun and two machine guns and weighing 55 tons (50 m tons) Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.

  8. a chief of the Sioux; took up arms against settlers in the northern Great Plains and against United States Army troops; he was present at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1876) when the Sioux massacred General Custer's troops (1831-1890) a chief of a North American tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief) noun.