chieftainess
chieftainess · chieftainesses
A female chieftainA female chieftain.
Meaning
2 sensesA female chieftain.
The wife of a chieftain.
Origin
From chieftain + -ess. Middle English had an equivalent form cheventaynes but the OED asseFrom chieftain + -ess. Middle English had an equivalent form cheventaynes but the OED asserts the term was derived anew in modern English in the 19th century. Piecewise doublet of captainess.
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Forms
plural: chieftainesses| Singular | chieftainess |
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