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condoled chief

noun

Etymology

From condoled + chief. Condoled refers to the fact that condoled chiefs are normally appointed during a condolence ceremony for a deceased previous chief.

  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. compounded as condoled chief — “condoled + chief”

Definitions

  1. A tribal chief who sits on the Grand Council of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy.

    • A condoled chief sits on the Grand Council that forms the leadership of the Confederacy.

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