chieftain
Meaning of chieftain
noun
- the leader of a people or clan.
powerful feudal chieftains
Middle English and Old French chevetaine, from late Latin capitaneus (see captain). The spelling was altered by association with chief.
Information about chieftain
- It is a name.
- The plural form of chieftain is: chieftains.
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Hyphenation of chieftain
chief-tain
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- chieftain is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
chieftain synonyms
Meaning captain:
Meaning headman:
Words that rhyme with chieftain
tain, Patain, copatain, obtain, preobtain, reobtain, betain, detain, predetain, retain, Britain, Maritain, britain, huitain, Mountain, catamountain, contain, fountain, intermountain, maintain, mountain, plantain, precontain, premaintain, quintain, remaintain, submountain, transmountain, undermountain, upmountain, Potain, chevrotain, infotain, Captain, Ptain, captain, cocaptain, subcaptain, undercaptain, McCurtain, appertain, ascertain, certain, curtain, discurtain, encurtain, entertain, incertain, incurtain, noncertain
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