| 词汇 | chieftaincy |
| 释义 | chieftaincy noun[ C or U ] uk /ˈtʃiːf.tən.si/ us /ˈtʃiːf.tən.si/ the position of leader of a tribe(= a group of people, often of related families, who live together): He was heir to the chieftaincy of a tribe in the south of the country. The continent was divided into thousands of kingdoms and chieftaincies whose systems of government had evolved over centuries. They fought one another in struggles over the control of land at the borders of the chieftaincies. A particular territory is only indirectly associated with a chieftaincy. Conflict had erupted between factions competing for the chieftaincy of the tribe. People in charge of or controlling other people acephalous administrator anti-management authority bureaucrat council counter-power dean deputy dominatrix mistress movers and shakers multi-headed officer officialdom tsar vice presidency vice president vicegerency vicegerent Related wordchieftain |
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