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单词 chieftain
释义
chieftain
noun[C]
uk
/ˈtʃiːf.tən/us
/ˈtʃiːf.tən/
theleaderof atribe
（部落）酋长，首领
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
People in charge of or controlling other people
  • acephalous
  • administrator
  • anti-management
  • authority
  • bureaucrat
  • controller
  • council
  • counter-power
  • dean
  • deputy
  • management
  • manipulator
  • mistress
  • movers and shakers
  • too many chiefs and not enough Indiansidiom
  • top dog
  • troika
  • tsar
  • vice president
  • yourlord and masteridiom
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(Definition ofchieftainfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
Examples from literature
  • Both parties, under the chieftains' guidance, fought fiercely, in a fever of excitement, giving no heed to wounds, seeing nothing but the foe and the battlements to be scaled.
  • He was a powerful chieftain, and there was an old feud between him and the men of Chester.
  • He was straight American stock, but he was built like the chieftains of old Hawaii.
  • Possibly they were intended to mark the graves of deceased chieftains.
  • The messengers found the Saxon chieftains very ready to enter into Alfred's plans.

chieftain| American Dictionary

chieftain
noun[C]
us
/ˈtʃif·tən/
theleaderof atribe(= agroupoffamilies)
(Definition ofchieftainfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofchieftain

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Some chieftains fought them and were subdued, others submitted and received a share of the territory.
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It is difficult to see how the local leaders could have managed without the approval of the chieftains.
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On seeing his son as a banditchieftain, the old count does actually die of shock.
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Another important question that lacks proper attention is the mutual tie between the ' new ' local leaders and the chieftains.
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That vicious viper, a tender lamb before, stealthily took the shears and shouted to the chieftains.
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There was also another category of land known as minor 'inam' lands which was revenue-free lands enjoyed by a few institutions and chieftains.
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Sometimes, support was sufficiently taken-for-granted that no actual election was held; the factional chieftains simply bargained among themselves, in the light of their known bloc of votes.
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At the same time the chieftains had to gain the support of their local leaders, otherwise their power would have been even more fragile than it was in reality.
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He has decided that there will be one tribalchieftaininstead of the lot and that that one will be him.
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Is there any precedent for having deprived achieftainof his chieftainship?
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The notion of having achieftainmay relate to our earlier debate.
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He is, on the other hand, a robberchieftainwith a considerable knowledge of military tactics.
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Our conversation turned upon incidents of long ago, concerning the shortcomings of a certainchieftain.
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Apart from the rights which they gave, the chieftains remained sovereign; it was still their country, but they entrusted us, as protectors, with certain rights.
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When incorporated in 1933 there was serious trouble, and many chieftains resigned.
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