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chieftain

British pronunciation/t‍ʃˈiːftən/
American pronunciation/ˈtʃiftən/

chieftain

[NOUN]
1

the leader of a group of people

synonyms : captain
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chieftain definition and meaning
2

the head of a tribe or clan

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Examples
1Take a lovely vacation to the Chieftain's Villa.
2One chieftain forlornly remarked that his tribe could not catch even one bear cub for their annual Iomante festival.
3Chieftains of the Ojibwe, Wyandots, Fox, Sauk, Odawas, Kickapoos, Lenape, Miami, Seneca, Onondaga and Delawares all joined his cause, as of course did the Shawnee.
4First potato on our list is the Chieftain potato.
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