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Indian chieftain   /ˈɪndiən tʃˈiftən/   Listen
Indian chieftain

noun
1.
The leader of a group of Native Americans.  Synonym: Indian chief.





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"Indian chieftain" Quotes from Famous Books



... formidable competitor was the notorious gipsy, the redoubtable "Starlight Tom." I was rejoiced at having an opportunity of seeing this "minion of the moon" in broad daylight. I found him a tall, swarthy, good-looking fellow, with a lofty air, something like what I have seen in an Indian chieftain; and with a certain lounging, easy, and almost graceful carriage, which I have often remarked in beings of the lazzaroni order, that lead an idle, loitering life, and have a gentleman-like contempt ...
— Bracebridge Hall • Washington Irving


Words linked to "Indian chieftain" :   Cochise, George Guess, Powhatan, Massasoit, Sitting Bull, Joseph, Crazy Horse, chieftain, Wahunsonacock, headman, sagamore, Black Hawk, Red Cloud, Sequoya, sachem, Geronimo, Chief Joseph, Sequoyah, Hiawatha, Rain-in-the-Face, chief, Keokuk, tribal chief, Makataimeshekiakiak, Tashunca-Uitco


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