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chieftess

noun

Etymology

An irregular form from chief or chieftain + -ess.

  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 chieftess — “chieftain + ess”

Definitions

  1. Synonym of chieftainess

    Synonym of chieftainess: a female chieftain or the wife of a chief.

    • Loved by a Maori Chieftess (title of a 1913 film from New Zealand)

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for chieftess. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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