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单词 tribal chief
释义
tribal chief
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n

WORD FAMILY
tribal chief: tribal chiefs
USAGE EXAMPLES
Republican leaders have been speaking like Middle Eastern tribal chiefs: If we’re not in power, we just won’t allow anything to get done.
Seattle Times(Nov 08, 2016)
The young have seen the world, but tribal chiefs, almost everywhere, don't surrender privileges peacefully.
New York Times(Oct 18, 2016)
Abdul Bari Barakzai, a tribal chief, said that government troops had pushed the insurgents back by midday but that sporadic gunfire was continuing.
Washington Post(Oct 10, 2016)
n the head of a tribe or clan
Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper
chief, chieftain, headman
Owen Glendower
Welsh chieftain who led a revolt against Henry IV's rule in Wales (1359-1416)
Hrolf
Norse chieftain who became the first duke of Normandy (860-931)
Makataimeshekiakiak
Sauk leader who in 1832 led Fox and Sauk warriors against the United States (1767-1838)
Cochise
Apache leader of the resistance to United States troops in Arizona (1812-1874)
Tashunca-Uitco
a chief of the Sioux who resisted the invasion of the Black Hills and joined Sitting Bull in the defeat of General Custer at Little Bighorn (1849-1877)
Geronimo
Apache chieftain who raided the white settlers in the Southwest as resistance to being confined to a reservation (1829-1909)
Hiawatha
a Native American chieftain who argued for peace with the European settlers (16th century)
Chief Joseph
leader of the Nez Perce in their retreat from United States troops (1840-1904)
Keokuk
Sauk leader who aided the United States against Black Hawk (1790-1848)
Massasoit
Wampanoag leader who aided the Pilgrims (1580-1661)
Wahunsonacock
Indian chief and founder of the Powhatan confederacy of tribes in eastern Virginia; father of Pocahontas (1550?-1618)
Rain-in-the-Face
a chief of the Sioux; he was with Sitting Bull and others at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1876) when General Custer's troops were massacred (1835-1905)
Red Cloud
leader of the Oglala who resisted the development of a trail through Wyoming and Montana by the United States government (1822-1909)
George Guess
Cherokee who created a notation for writing the Cherokee language (1770-1843)
Sitting Bull
a chief of the Sioux; took up arms against settlers in the northern Great Plains and against United States Army troops; he was present at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1876) when the Sioux massacred General Custer's troops (1831-1890)
Indian chief, Indian chieftain
the leader of a group of Native Americans
pendragon
the supreme war chief of the ancient Britons
sachem, sagamore
a chief of a North American tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief)
leader
a person who rules or guides or inspires others
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