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Definition of chieftain in English: chieftainnoun ˈtʃiːft(ə)nˈtʃiftən 1The leader of a people or clan. 酋长；族长 powerful feudal chieftains Example sentencesExamples - Beyond that, there were 10,000 further titles of nobility (chiefs, chieftains, feudal barons and lairds), so that one Scot in 45 belonged to a noble house.
- The big event on Saturday is the election of the new chieftain and clan banquet in the Abbeyleix Manor Hotel.
- They may be clamouring for democracy and progress, but Lebanon's chieftains are feudal at heart.
- The Tang Dynasty appointed local clan chieftains to govern for them.
- Archeologists have found evidence that a warrior chieftain took control over most of Greece back in the early seventh century B.C.
- For centuries, they lived in clans commanded by chieftains and feuded among themselves.
- The country had lost its charismatic leader, the clan its chieftain.
- It could be a priest, a king, chieftain or tribal leader.
- Barons or lesser feudal chieftains replicated this structure, which was not a flexible or adaptive one.
- According to Innes, all that was conferred to chieftains in royal charters was the arable land on estates - not the waste land and mountains.
- From his throne of ivory and sculpted wood, the king ruled through an elaborate network of councilors and governors, clan elders and local chieftains, priests and electors.
- After the Ottoman Empire gained general control of the area in 1516, Lebanon continued to maintain a feudal system of rule by local chieftains.
- The key consideration in war-torn Gaelic society was that marriages should seal important political and military alliances between the chieftains' dynasties.
- Henry II came to Ireland in order to secure the feudal loyalty of the Normans, and many Irish chieftains.
- These men may have been of sufficient influence to become imperceptibly more like chieftains in control of warbands than Roman commanders.
- The annual clan banquet will be in the Manor Hotel on Saturday night where the clan chieftain will be elected.
- Armed to the teeth and clad in kilt, tartan hose and bonnet, he looks every inch the clan chieftain.
- I spent a few minutes in the abbey museum, admiring high-relief tomb carvings of bygone Scots kings and chieftains in full battle gear.
- However he was very popular with the lords and chieftains of his day as he stayed in their castles and manors and wrote of their prowess and lineage.
- These were the fortified residences of local lords and chieftains, both of the native Irish families and the descendants of the Anglo-Norman settlers.
Synonyms leader, head, headman, ruler, overlord, master, commander, suzerain, seigneur, liege, liege lord, potentate - 1.1informal A powerful member of an organization.
〈非正式〉首领，头儿 an elite composed of corporate chieftains Example sentencesExamples - These are messy matters corporate chieftains would much rather handle behind closed - or, even better, locked and barricaded - boardroom doors.
- In some cases, the highly compensated corporate chieftains are presiding over companies that are slashing payrolls.
- Each spring, corporate America's preeminent chieftains offer sage counsel to eager university graduates across the nation.
- With the economy flailing, many corporate executives and leveraged-buyout chieftains are taking a wait-and-see attitude.
- Unlike the greedy profiteers and corporate chieftains who actually made money on those stocks, we were not acting irresponsibly.
Derivativesnoun ˈtʃiːft(ə)nsiˈtʃift(ə)nsi The state or position of being the leader of a people or clan. MacMurrough agreed to renounce his chieftaincy Example sentencesExamples - Gaelic politics were intensely local, with the numerous rival clans and chieftaincies
- The system of chieftaincy follows the progression of paramount chief (the king), senior chiefs, sub-chiefs, headmen and sub-headmen.
- Likewise, chieftaincy is a very important cultural and political institution in Africa and political leaders are not oblivious to its functions and its hold on the communities where it exists.
- Thus, the institution of chieftaincy and its role as established by customary law, together with its councils, is important and should be maintained and guaranteed.
noun ˈtʃiːft(ə)nʃɪpˈtʃift(ə)nˌʃɪp Also no chieftainship can clearly say that its lineage, either patrimonially, matrimonially or otherwise, has always had a dispute-free succession. Example sentencesExamples - And how does it differ from sovereignty or chieftainship in practical terms (other than being easier to type)?
- Through the ages trade has occurred between clans, tribal chieftainships, and kingdoms.
- In no case did chieftainship give rise to a caste system.
- The Guarani were horticulturists organized in chieftainships based on extended kinship.
OriginMiddle English and Old French chevetaine, from late Latin capitaneus (see captain). The spelling was altered by association with chief. Definition of chieftain in US English: chieftainnounˈtʃiftənˈCHēftən 1The leader of a people or clan. 酋长；族长 powerful feudal chieftains Example sentencesExamples - The country had lost its charismatic leader, the clan its chieftain.
- The big event on Saturday is the election of the new chieftain and clan banquet in the Abbeyleix Manor Hotel.
- These men may have been of sufficient influence to become imperceptibly more like chieftains in control of warbands than Roman commanders.
- The Tang Dynasty appointed local clan chieftains to govern for them.
- From his throne of ivory and sculpted wood, the king ruled through an elaborate network of councilors and governors, clan elders and local chieftains, priests and electors.
- These were the fortified residences of local lords and chieftains, both of the native Irish families and the descendants of the Anglo-Norman settlers.
- Beyond that, there were 10,000 further titles of nobility (chiefs, chieftains, feudal barons and lairds), so that one Scot in 45 belonged to a noble house.
- After the Ottoman Empire gained general control of the area in 1516, Lebanon continued to maintain a feudal system of rule by local chieftains.
- The key consideration in war-torn Gaelic society was that marriages should seal important political and military alliances between the chieftains' dynasties.
- It could be a priest, a king, chieftain or tribal leader.
- For centuries, they lived in clans commanded by chieftains and feuded among themselves.
- Barons or lesser feudal chieftains replicated this structure, which was not a flexible or adaptive one.
- Archeologists have found evidence that a warrior chieftain took control over most of Greece back in the early seventh century B.C.
- Armed to the teeth and clad in kilt, tartan hose and bonnet, he looks every inch the clan chieftain.
- According to Innes, all that was conferred to chieftains in royal charters was the arable land on estates - not the waste land and mountains.
- They may be clamouring for democracy and progress, but Lebanon's chieftains are feudal at heart.
- However he was very popular with the lords and chieftains of his day as he stayed in their castles and manors and wrote of their prowess and lineage.
- Henry II came to Ireland in order to secure the feudal loyalty of the Normans, and many Irish chieftains.
- The annual clan banquet will be in the Manor Hotel on Saturday night where the clan chieftain will be elected.
- I spent a few minutes in the abbey museum, admiring high-relief tomb carvings of bygone Scots kings and chieftains in full battle gear.
Synonyms leader, head, headman, ruler, overlord, master, commander, suzerain, seigneur, liege, liege lord, potentate - 1.1informal A powerful member of an organization.
〈非正式〉首领，头儿 an elite composed of corporate chieftains Example sentencesExamples - Each spring, corporate America's preeminent chieftains offer sage counsel to eager university graduates across the nation.
- Unlike the greedy profiteers and corporate chieftains who actually made money on those stocks, we were not acting irresponsibly.
- With the economy flailing, many corporate executives and leveraged-buyout chieftains are taking a wait-and-see attitude.
- These are messy matters corporate chieftains would much rather handle behind closed - or, even better, locked and barricaded - boardroom doors.
- In some cases, the highly compensated corporate chieftains are presiding over companies that are slashing payrolls.
OriginMiddle English and Old French chevetaine, from late Latin capitaneus (see captain). The spelling was altered by association with chief. |