tribal chief

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tribal chief

noun tribal chiefs

The chief of a tribe. Some traditional societies have a single hereditary tribal chief, others a whole hierarchy of elected tribal chiefs, etc.

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noun the chief of a tribe

Português	cacique, chefe
Deutsch	Stammesführer
Ελληνικά	φύλαρχος fýlarchos

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@misc{tribal_chief_2026,
  title = {tribal chief},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tribal%20chief},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}