chieftain
Collocations
4ADJ.
alert, great, lay, unconscious
VERB + CHIEFTAIN
appointed
CHIEFTAIN + NOUN
goddess, harem, leader, tribe, village
PREP.
up
Definitions
noun
A leader of a clan or tribe.
VI. THE PUYUMA GROUP. The tribes belonging to this group occupy the plains in Hinan and that neighbourhood, and call themselves "Puyumas," but the Chinese call them the "Hinan Savages". The Puyumas formed a very powerful State some 300 years ago, and united under one single rule as many as seventy isolated tribes scattered over the land, stretching from Hakusekikwaku and Seikoko to Harogwai in the southern part of the island, and were at one time so powerful that the chieftain was called by foreigners "The King of Hinan".
They were probably the work of individual craftsmen working to meet the chieftains' needs. Their place in the chronology of the big cemeteries is indicated by the less richly-decorated double-springed bronze brooches which are found here.
A leader of a group.
The robber chieftain divided up the spoils.
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6VI. THE PUYUMA GROUP. The tribes belonging to this group occupy the plains in Hinan and that neighbourhood, and call themselves "Puyumas," but the Chinese call them the "Hinan Savages". The Puyumas fo
WiktionaryThey were probably the work of individual craftsmen working to meet the chieftains' needs. Their place in the chronology of the big cemeteries is indicated by the less richly-decorated double-springed
WiktionaryThe robber chieftain divided up the spoils.
WiktionaryHe called aloud, "Say, father, say If yet my task is done?" He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son.
Tatoeba · #6399619Can you take me to your chieftain?
Tatoeba · #8683022I'm the chieftain of this tribe.
Tatoeba · #8683023