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overchief

noun

Etymology

From over- + chief. Piecewise doublet of overhead.

  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. prefixed as overchief — “over + chief”

Definitions

  1. A higher-ranking chief

    A higher-ranking chief; a leader of several chiefs.

    • All classes are mentioned, village headmen, overchiefs, tenants and countryheadmen. These last ones are something between a village headman and an overchief.

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