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chieftainry

noun

Etymology

From chieftain + -ry. Piecewise doublet of captainry.

  1. derived from *kap-✻
  2. derived from *kauput-✻
  3. derived from caput
  4. derived from capitaneus
  5. derived from chevetaine
  6. inherited from cheveteyn
  7. suffixed as chieftainry — “chieftain + ry”

Definitions

  1. The role or status of chieftain.

The neighborhood

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