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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 of a chiefdom. There is no definition for "tribe". The concept of tribe is a...
- The FV4201 Chieftain was the main battle tank (MBT) of the United Kingdom from the 1960s into 1990s. When introduced, it was among the most heavily armed...
- The Chieftains are 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Cheyenne. The Mojave combined the Cheyenne I fuselage with the Chieftain tail. The Chieftain's wings were strengthened, their span was 4 ft (1.2 m) wider...
- The Highland Chieftain is a named British p****enger train operated by London North Eastern Railway. It operates daily in each direction between London...
- the Chieftain tank. It was eventually (and later controversially) cancelled in favour of the Challenger 1, itself an evolution of the Chieftain design...