Meaning

1 senses
  1. Synonym of chieftainess: a female chieftain or the wife of a chief.

    Loved by a Maori Chieftess (title of a 1913 film from New Zealand)

Origin

An irregular form from chief or chieftain + -ess.

An irregular form from chief or chieftain + -ess.

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Forms

plural: chieftesses
Singularchieftess
Pluralchieftesses

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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