chieftain

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
chieftain
    n 1: the leader of a group of people; "a captain of industry"
         [syn: {captain}, {chieftain}]
    2: the head of a tribe or clan [syn: {headman}, {tribal chief},
       {chieftain}, {chief}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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}.
        [1913 Webster] Chieftaincy
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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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