From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Chieftain \Chief"tain\, noun [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}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: the leader of a group of people; "a captain of industry" [syn: {captain}]
2: the head of a tribe or clan [syn: {headman}, {tribal chief}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
35 Moby Thesaurus words for "chieftain": anointed king, boss, chief, cock, crowned head, dynast, emperor, grand duke, head, headman, hierarch, high chief, honcho, imperator, king, king-emperor, kinglet, leader, lord paramount, majesty, master, monarch, overlord, paramount, petty king, potentate, prince, prince consort, royal, royal personage, royalty, ruler, sovereign, suzerain, tetrarch
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