Archchief
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A supreme, primary leader of any organization. rare
"The inhabitants bore the generic name of Kinel-Owen, and had at this period branched off into various families, who were all tributary to one archchief, who was sometimes of the family of MacLoughlin, sometimes of that of O’Neill, and, in one or two instances, of that of O'Flaherty, now Laverty, descended from Aedh Allan, who was one of the sixteen monarchs of the Kinel-Owen race."
Example
More examples"The inhabitants bore the generic name of Kinel-Owen, and had at this period branched off into various families, who were all tributary to one archchief, who was sometimes of the family of MacLoughlin, sometimes of that of O’Neill, and, in one or two instances, of that of O'Flaherty, now Laverty, descended from Aedh Allan, who was one of the sixteen monarchs of the Kinel-Owen race."
Etymology
From arch- + chief.
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