chiefess

noun
/tʃiːˈfɛs/UK

Etymology

From chief + -ess. Piecewise doublet of chefess.

  1. derived from *káput
  2. derived from *kaput
  3. derived from caput — “head
  4. derived from capus
  5. derived from chef
  6. inherited from cheef
  7. suffixed as chiefess — “chief + ess

Definitions

  1. Synonym of chieftainess, a female chief.

    • Although Lili‘u was born a high chiefess, with lineage that reached back to the high chiefs under Kamehameha the Great, at the time of her birth it would never have seemed possible that she would someday become queen.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA