paramount chief
noun
An African chief of the highest order, whose authority extends over an entire district (also as a title). Also occasionally in extended use: a chief or leader of similar power or rank elsewhere in the world.
Origin
Mid 19th century.
- groundskeeper
- ground sloth
- groundsman
- ground speed
- ground squirrel
- ground staff
- ground state
- groundstroke
- groundswell
- ground tackle
- ground-to-air
- ground troops
- ground truth
- ground truthing
- groundwater
- ground wave
- ground wire
- groundwork
- ground zero
- group
- groupage
- group analysis
- Group Area
- group booking
- group captain