Associations to the word «Chieftain»

Wiktionary

CHIEFTAIN, noun. A leader of a clan or tribe.
CHIEFTAIN, noun. A leader of a group, e.g. a robbers' chieftain.

Dictionary definition

CHIEFTAIN, noun. The leader of a group of people; "a captain of industry".
CHIEFTAIN, noun. The head of a tribe or clan.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope