chieftain
noun
the chief of a clan or a tribe.
chieftaincy
-
a word derived from
chieftain.
Example Sentences
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The town of Bawku is embroiled in a decades-long struggle between different ethnic groups for control of the local chieftaincy.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2025
Mr. Alorwoyie travels to Ghana several times a year to attend to affairs that concern his chieftaincy, but he also is attempting to pass his library of music on to people who can sustain it.
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2017
In his autobiography, Mr. Mandela wrote that his father had been stripped of his chieftaincy by colonial leaders.
From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2013
Such chieftaincy also provides a neat answer to another perennial aid flaw: What happens when the aid workers leave?
From Time ● Apr. 10, 2011
Justice had been deposed from his chieftaincy by the government and was then living in Durban.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
