English Explanatory Dictionary

chieftainess

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A female chieftain.
  2. The wife of a chieftain.

Word forms

chieftainess chieftainesses

Etymology

From chieftain + -ess. Middle English had an equivalent form cheventaynes but the OED asserts the term was derived anew in modern English in the 19th century. Piecewise doublet of captainess.

Synonyms

chiefess chieftess
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