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chiefling

noun

Etymology

From chief + -ling. Piecewise doublet of chefling and headling.

  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 chiefling — “chief + ling”

Definitions

  1. A little or petty chief.

The neighborhood

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