chieftain Definition

headman, captain, tribal chief, leader, boss, chief, head, ringleader, chef, yamagata, clansman, bigwig, clan, honcho, warlord, tribesman, brigand, overlord, feudal lord, princeling, ruler, potentate, barbarian, sachem, grandee, faction, chieftan, scion, bornu, satrap, kingpin, septuagenarian, granduncle, fief, kinsman, generalissimo, oba, indigene, patriarch, efik, industrialist, stormy petrel, supremo, ibibio, head honcho, cacique, apparatchik, elders, godfathers, seleucus, mzee, mutineer, grand vizier, phylarch, descendent, loyalist, bende, ogun, buccaneer, katsina, giriama, kwara, ruffian, politician, capo, financier, pasha, highlander, henchman, rajah, chairman, kulan, baron, aristocrat, indian chief, senussi, rascal, obasanjo, baya, inheritor, magadha, descendant, villager, prince regent, princedom, maharaja, zedekiah, jefe, zamindar, kano, young turk, chagga, emirs, balkar, lord, hirelings, moneyman, fastnesses, knight errant, stalwart,