Chieftain

//ˈt͡ʃiːf.tən//

"Chieftain" in a Sentence (13 examples)

He called aloud, "Say, father, say If yet my task is done?" He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son.

Can you take me to your chieftain?

I'm the chieftain of this tribe.

The one with the unique headdress is the chieftain.

She is the chieftain of this tribe and you will address her with respect.

My mother is the chieftain of this village and I will succeed her.

In this tribe, the chieftain is elected by a majority vote.

She was appointed as the chieftain by the goddess herself.

If the chieftain says we can't let you in, then we can't let you in.

They're getting closer. We should alert the chieftain.

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VI. THE PUYUMA GROUP. The tribes belonging to this group occupy the plains in Hinan and that neighbourhood, and call themselves "Puyumas," but the Chinese call them the "Hinan Savages". The Puyumas formed a very powerful State some 300 years ago, and united under one single rule as many as seventy isolated tribes scattered over the land, stretching from Hakusekikwaku and Seikoko to Harogwai in the southern part of the island, and were at one time so powerful that the chieftain was called by foreigners "The King of Hinan".

They were probably the work of individual craftsmen working to meet the chieftains' needs. Their place in the chronology of the big cemeteries is indicated by the less richly-decorated double-springed bronze brooches which are found here.

The robber chieftain divided up the spoils.

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