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# chieftain

«chieftain» in Mova's school dictionary: **the leader of a tribe or clan** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (chieftains)

### meaning for a pupil

A chieftain is the leader of a tribe or clan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chieftain/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales of tribes, the head of a group who rules and is obeyed.

### examples

- The chieftain called his people together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chieftain/#x1)
- The chieftain's daughter sat in her father's tent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chieftain/#x2)
- Every tribe had its own chieftain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chieftain/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «chieftain» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chieftain/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.