chieftainessn.

/ˈtʃiːftɪnɪs/

Etymology: formed as chieftain n. + -ness suffix. Cheventaynes occurs in 15th cent. and chefetaynes in early 16th cent.; but apparently the word after being long obsolete was formed anew by Scott.

A female chief or chieftain; a female head of a clan or tribe.

ΘΚΠ

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

c1410 N. Love tr. Bonaventura Mirror Life Christ (Gibbs MS.) xlix. 103 Þe lady of alle worlde & princes of holy chyrche and cheuentaynes [1530 W. de W. chefetaynes] of Godes peple.

1592 H. Constable Sonn. ii, in Poems (1859) 41 Worthie dame! if I thee chieftayne call of Venus' host.]

1805 W. Scott Let. 21 Mar. (1932) I. 242 I don't know if ever you saw my lovely Chieftainess.

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. iv. 112 The Highlanders who surrounded the Chieftainess, if I may presume to call her so without offence to grammar.

1857 S. Osborn Quedah x. 133 Tamelan..under the rule of a petty chieftainess.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	chieftainess
释义	chieftainessn. /ˈtʃiːftɪnɪs/ Etymology: formed as chieftain n. + -ness suffix. Cheventaynes occurs in 15th cent. and chefetaynes in early 16th cent.; but apparently the word after being long obsolete was formed anew by Scott. A female chief or chieftain; a female head of a clan or tribe. ΘΚΠ 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 c1410 N. Love tr. Bonaventura Mirror Life Christ (Gibbs MS.) xlix. 103 Þe lady of alle worlde & princes of holy chyrche and cheuentaynes [1530 W. de W. chefetaynes] of Godes peple. 1592 H. Constable Sonn. ii, in Poems (1859) 41 Worthie dame! if I thee chieftayne call of Venus' host.] 1805 W. Scott Let. 21 Mar. (1932) I. 242 I don't know if ever you saw my lovely Chieftainess. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. iv. 112 The Highlanders who surrounded the Chieftainess, if I may presume to call her so without offence to grammar. 1857 S. Osborn Quedah x. 133 Tamelan..under the rule of a petty chieftainess. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.c1410
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