talking chief
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Another survivor, 72-year-old Sulaki Kafoika, who goes by the name Halapaini — or talking chief — a title bestowed upon him by Tonga’s king, said that once he got to the top of the hill, he looked back.
From Seattle Times
During a 35-minute session, by far the shortest of the two years of talking, Chief Soviet Delegate Kvitsinsky agreed to hold another session at the neobaroque Soviet mission two days later.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Samoa he nursed a child through fever, was appointed by the natives as "Talking Chief"�tribal adviser.
From Time Magazine Archive
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