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chieftainship

noun

Etymology

From chieftain + -ship. Piecewise doublet of captainship.

  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 chieftainship — “chieftain + ship”

Definitions

  1. The state of being a chieftain

    • 1852 Commission to Inquire into the Past and Present State of the Kafirs Shortly after the death of his father, Chaka obtained the chieftainship of the Zulu nation, through the influence of his patron.

  2. The area ruled by a chieftain

    • They exist in chieftainships, each head of which has his own local jurisdiction, civil and criminal.

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