chiefessn.
/tʃiːˈfɛs/, /ˈtʃiːfᵻs/, U.S. /ˈtʃifəs/ A female (ethnic) chief.
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society > authority > rule or government > rule or government of family or tribe > head of family, tribe, or clan > [noun] > female
chieftainessc1410
chiefess1778
head woman1791
chieftess1876
1778 J. Carver Trav. N.-Amer. 41 This heroine was ever after treated by her nation as their deliverer, and was made a chiefess in her own right.
1862 M. Hopkins Hawaii 18 The converted chiefess, Kapiolani.
1881 Sat. Rev. 18 June 787 No one can address a chief or chiefess without being first spoken to.
1882 Good Words 23 654 The highest chiefess dared not..taste food that had been prepared for any man.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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