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cheftain

\ʃɛf.tɛ̃\
\ʃɛf.tɛ\

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De l’ancien français chevetain, du latin capitaneus.

noun cheftains

obsolete Capitaine. Ce mot vient de Capitaneus, d’où on a formé Chevetain, ou Cheftain, Capitaine, & comme on dit aujourd’hui Capitaine. Autrefois on disoit & écrivoit Chefvetaine.

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"cheftain." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fr/cheftain. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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cheftain. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fr/cheftain

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"cheftain." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fr/cheftain.

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@misc{cheftain_2026,
  title = {cheftain},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fr/cheftain},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}