"chief" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /t͡ʃiːf/ Audio: en-us-chief.ogg [US] Forms: chiefer [comparative], more chief [comparative], chiefest [superlative], most chief [superlative]
Rhymes: -iːf Etymology: From Middle English cheef, chef, from the current french word Chef, chief (“leader”), from Vulgar Latin capus (from which also captain, chieftain), from Latin caput (“head”) (English cap (“head covering”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kauput- (English head). Doublet of chef. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|cheef}} Middle English cheef, {{m|enm|chef}} chef, {{m|fro|chief|t=leader}} chief (“leader”), {{der|en|VL.|capus}} Vulgar Latin capus, {{m|en|captain}} captain, {{m|en|chieftain}} chieftain, {{der|en|la|caput|t=head}} Latin caput (“head”), {{cog|en|cap|t=head covering}} English cap (“head covering”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*kauput-}} Proto-Indo-European *kauput-, {{cog|en|head}} English head, {{doublet|en|chef}} Doublet of chef Head templates: {{en-adj|er|more}} chief (comparative chiefer or more chief, superlative chiefest or most chief)
  1. Primary; principal. Translations (primary; principal): κεφάλαιος (kephálaios) (Ancient Greek), principal (Catalan), hlavní (Czech), principal (Galician), hauptsächlich (German), primär (German), κύριος (kýrios) (Greek), चीफ (cīph) (Hindi), मुख्य (mukhya) (Hindi), प्रधान (pradhān) (Hindi), श्रेष्ठ (śreṣṭh) (Hindi), aðal- (Icelandic), megin- (Icelandic), princeps (Latin), potissimus (Latin), matua (Maori), chefe (Portuguese), principal (Portuguese), гла́вный (glávnyj) (Russian), основно́й (osnovnój) (Russian), प्रधान (pradhāna) (Sanskrit), principal (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-chief-en-adj-BZIHpRUS Disambiguation of 'primary; principal': 100 0
  2. (Scotland) Intimate, friendly. Tags: Scotland
    Sense id: en-chief-en-adj--JQEwBMF Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 16 7 15 1 26 29 5

Noun [English]

IPA: /t͡ʃiːf/ Audio: en-us-chief.ogg [US] Forms: chiefs [plural]
Rhymes: -iːf Etymology: From Middle English cheef, chef, from the current french word Chef, chief (“leader”), from Vulgar Latin capus (from which also captain, chieftain), from Latin caput (“head”) (English cap (“head covering”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kauput- (English head). Doublet of chef. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|cheef}} Middle English cheef, {{m|enm|chef}} chef, {{m|fro|chief|t=leader}} chief (“leader”), {{der|en|VL.|capus}} Vulgar Latin capus, {{m|en|captain}} captain, {{m|en|chieftain}} chieftain, {{der|en|la|caput|t=head}} Latin caput (“head”), {{cog|en|cap|t=head covering}} English cap (“head covering”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*kauput-}} Proto-Indo-European *kauput-, {{cog|en|head}} English head, {{doublet|en|chef}} Doublet of chef Head templates: {{en-noun}} chief (plural chiefs)
  1. A leader or head of a group of people, organisation, etc. Translations (head of an organization): رَئِيس (raʔīs) [masculine] (Arabic), مُدِير (mudīr) [masculine] (Arabic), شَيْخ (šayḵ) [masculine] (Arabic), պետ (pet) (Armenian), ղեկավար (ġekavar) (Armenian), տնօրեն (tnōren) (Armenian), кіраўні́к (kiraŭník) [masculine] (Belarusian), нача́льнiк (načálʹnik) [masculine] (Belarusian), галава́ (halavá) [masculine] (Belarusian), шэф (šef) [masculine] (Belarusian), шеф (šef) [masculine] (Bulgarian), нача́лник (načálnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ръководи́тел (rǎkovodítel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), cap [masculine] (Catalan), (Chinese Mandarin), (zhǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), (Chinese Mandarin), (tóu) (Chinese Mandarin), náčelník (english: fire chief) [masculine] (Czech), šéf [masculine] (Czech), johtaja (Finnish), päällikkö (Finnish), chef [masculine] (French), xefe [masculine] (Galician), Chef [masculine] (German), Boss [masculine, slang] (German), αρχηγός (archigós) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), चीफ (cīph) [masculine] (Hindi), रईस (raīs) [masculine] (Hindi), शेख (śekh) [masculine] (Hindi), सरदार (sardār) [masculine] (Hindi), yfirmaður [masculine] (Icelandic), forstöðumaður [masculine] (Icelandic), foringi [masculine] (Icelandic), chefo (Ido), direzione [feminine] (Italian), (chō) (alt: ちょう) (Japanese), itȟáŋčhaŋ (Lakota), wičháša itȟáŋčhaŋ (Lakota), шеф (šef) [masculine] (Macedonian), ard-er [masculine] (Manx), ard-ghooinney [masculine] (Manx), whakataka (Maori), rangatira (Maori), ringawhero (Maori), chef [masculine] (Norman), ogimaa (Ojibwe), فرنشین (farnešin) (Persian), مدیر (modir) (Persian), szef [masculine] (Polish), kierownik [masculine] (Polish), naczelnik [masculine] (Polish), chefe [masculine] (Portuguese), manda-chuva [masculine] (Portuguese), șef [masculine] (Romanian), глава́ (glavá) [masculine] (Russian), нача́льник (načálʹnik) [masculine] (Russian), руководи́тель (rukovodítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), шеф (šef) [masculine] (Russian), ceannard [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), šef [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), шеф [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), náčelník [masculine] (Slovak), šéf [masculine] (Slovak), načelnik [masculine] (Slovene), jefe [masculine] (Spanish), chef [common-gender] (Swedish), puno (Tagalog), tāś (Tocharian B), голова́ (holová) (Ukrainian), нача́льник (načálʹnyk) (Ukrainian), керівни́к (kerivnýk) (Ukrainian), шеф (šef) [masculine] (Ukrainian), inhloko [class-10, class-9] (Zulu) Translations (leader of group, etc.): prijës [masculine] (Albanian), pringj [masculine] (Albanian), tukux̂ (Aleut), προστάτης (prostátēs) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), ὄρχαμος (órkhamos) [Epic, masculine] (Ancient Greek), شَيْخ (šayḵ) [masculine] (Arabic), قَائِد (qāʔid) [masculine] (Arabic), առաջնորդ (aṙaǰnord) (Armenian), правады́р (pravadýr) [masculine] (Belarusian), гало́ўны (halóŭny) [masculine] (Belarusian), во́дца (vódca) [masculine] (Belarusian), важа́к (važák) [masculine] (Belarusian), вожд (vožd) [masculine] (Bulgarian), главата́р (glavatár) [masculine] (Bulgarian), водач (vodač) [masculine] (Bulgarian), cap [masculine] (Catalan), hajá·po- (Central Sierra Miwok), má·jyŋy- [feminine] (Central Sierra Miwok), ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ (ugvwiyuhi) (Cherokee), mfumu (Chichewa), minko' (Chickasaw), 頭子 (Chinese Mandarin), 头子 (tóuzi) (Chinese Mandarin), вождь (voždĭ) [Cyrillic, masculine] (Church Slavic), náčelník [masculine] (Czech), šéf [masculine] (Czech), wr:r-A1 (wr) [masculine] (Egyptian), pealik (Estonian), johtaja (Finnish), chef [masculine] (French), cjâf [masculine] (Friulian), dûs [masculine] (Friulian), xefe [masculine] (Galician), caporal [masculine] (Galician), coudel [masculine] (Galician), bren [masculine] (Galician), Häuptling [masculine] (German), Oberhaupt [neuter] (German), αρχηγός (archigós) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), चीफ (cīph) [masculine] (Hindi), प्रधान (pradhān) [masculine] (Hindi), श्रेष्ठ (śreṣṭh) [masculine] (Hindi), मुख्य (mukhya) [masculine] (Hindi), शेख (śekh) [masculine] (Hindi), मालिक (mālik) [masculine] (Hindi), मालक (mālak) [masculine] (Hindi), सरदार (sardār) [masculine] (Hindi), főnök [singular] (Hungarian), höfðingi (note: e.g. chief of a tribe) [masculine] (Icelandic), foringi [masculine] (Icelandic), leiðtogi [masculine] (Icelandic), chefo (Ido), capo [masculine] (Italian), (chō) (alt: ちょう) (Japanese), チーフ (chīfu) (Japanese), មេ (mei) (Khmer), mfumu (Kongo), башчы (başcı) (Kyrgyz), kapo (Ladino), kapu (Monastir) (Ladino), shef (Ladino), el gadol (Ladino), itȟáŋčhaŋ (Lakota), wičháša itȟáŋčhaŋ (Lakota), prīnceps [masculine] (Latin), praepositus (Latin), procer [masculine] (Latin), главатар (glavatar) [masculine] (Macedonian), поглавар (poglavar) [masculine] (Macedonian), главешина (glavešina) [feminine] (Macedonian), старешина (starešina) [masculine] (Macedonian), водач (vodač) [masculine] (Macedonian), തലവൻ (talavaṉ) (Malayalam), നേതാവ് (nētāvŭ) (Malayalam), dato (Mansaka), ard-er [masculine] (Manx), ard-ghooinney [masculine] (Manx), rangatira (Maori), poumatua (Maori), ariki (Maori), ringawhero (Maori), saqamaw [animate] (Mi'kmaq), saqama'sgw [animate] (Mi'kmaq), kíhkay (Munsee), olaitorio (Nandi), naatʼáanii (Navajo), rupelli (Ngarrindjeri), chef [masculine] (Norman), serok (Northern Kurdish), høvding [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), høvding [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), cap [masculine] (Occitan), ogimaa (Ojibwe), вожь (vožĭ) [masculine] (Old East Slavic), 𐰋𐰏 (beg) (Old Turkic), gimaa (Ottawa), قوجه (koca) (Ottoman Turkish), ملک (malak) [masculine] (Pashto), wódz [masculine] (Polish), chefe [masculine] (Portuguese), líder [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), 'ariki (Rapa Nui), căpetenie [feminine] (Romanian), șef [masculine] (Romanian), вождь (voždʹ) (note: of a tribe) [masculine] (Russian), гла́вный (glávnyj) [masculine] (Russian), matai (Samoan), शिरस् (śíras) [neuter] (Sanskrit), ceannard [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), poglavar [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), poglavica [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), vođa [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), glàvār [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), náčelník [masculine] (Slovak), šéf [masculine] (Slovak), glavar [masculine] (Slovene), jefe [masculine] (Spanish), chifu (Swahili), jumbe (Swahili), hövding (note: of a tribe) [common-gender] (Swedish), ledare [common-gender] (Swedish), puno (Tagalog), رئیس (rais) [Asalemi] (Talysh), رییس (rais) [Asalemi] (Talysh), தலைவன் (talaivaṉ) (Tamil), łòwaʼána (Taos), tə̀otʼų́nena (note: of town or house) (Taos), tāś (Tocharian B), bigman (Tok Pisin), вождь (voždʹ) (Ukrainian), головни́й (holovnýj) (Ukrainian), проводи́р (provodýr) [masculine] (Ukrainian), nantʼán (Western Apache), inkosi class 9/6 (Zulu)
    Sense id: en-chief-en-noun-en:leader_of_group_etc Disambiguation of 'head of an organization': 57 11 4 8 20 Disambiguation of 'leader of group, etc.': 100 0 0 0 0
  2. (heraldry) The top part of a shield or escutcheon; more specifically, an ordinary consisting of the upper part of the field cut off by a horizontal line, generally occupying the top third. Categories (topical): Heraldic charges
    Sense id: en-chief-en-noun-UdUukC5K Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 16 7 15 1 26 29 5 Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
  3. The principal part or top of anything.
    Sense id: en-chief-en-noun--0LJw8X8
  4. (sometimes ironic) An informal term of address. Tags: ironic, sometimes
    Sense id: en-chief-en-noun-RHp02kn- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 16 7 15 1 26 29 5
  5. (sometimes ironic) An informal term of address.
    (US, Canada, offensive) An informal term of address for a Native American or First Nations man.
    Tags: Canada, US, ironic, offensive, sometimes Categories (topical): Leaders, People
    Sense id: en-chief-en-noun-c4PnkbbS Disambiguation of Leaders: 1 14 11 12 3 13 45 2 Disambiguation of People: 0 4 15 11 5 1 61 2 Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header, Old French entries with incorrect language header, Old Turkic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 16 7 15 1 26 29 5 Disambiguation of Old French entries with incorrect language header: 0 22 3 8 1 21 28 3 1 1 7 4 0 0 Disambiguation of Old Turkic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 0 27 3 9 1 21 35 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: chieftain Hyponyms: chiefess (english: female chief) Related terms: captain, chieftain, chef Translations (heraldic term): pringj [masculine] (Albanian), cap [masculine] (Catalan), hlava štítu [feminine] (Czech), schildhoofd [neuter] (Dutch), lakio (Finnish), chef [masculine] (French), xefe [masculine] (Galician), Schildhaupt [neuter] (German), capo [masculine] (Italian), głowica [feminine] (Polish), chefe [masculine] (Portuguese), глава́ (glavá) [feminine] (Russian), jefe [masculine] (Spanish), ginstam [common-gender] (Swedish), chef [common-gender] (Swedish), sköldhuvud [neuter] (Swedish) Translations (informal address): johtaja (Finnish), xefe [masculine] (Galician), meistari [masculine] (Icelandic)

Verb [English]

IPA: /t͡ʃiːf/ Audio: en-us-chief.ogg [US] Forms: chiefs [present, singular, third-person], chiefing [participle, present], chiefed [participle, past], chiefed [past]
Rhymes: -iːf Etymology: From Middle English cheef, chef, from the current french word Chef, chief (“leader”), from Vulgar Latin capus (from which also captain, chieftain), from Latin caput (“head”) (English cap (“head covering”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kauput- (English head). Doublet of chef. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|cheef}} Middle English cheef, {{m|enm|chef}} chef, {{m|fro|chief|t=leader}} chief (“leader”), {{der|en|VL.|capus}} Vulgar Latin capus, {{m|en|captain}} captain, {{m|en|chieftain}} chieftain, {{der|en|la|caput|t=head}} Latin caput (“head”), {{cog|en|cap|t=head covering}} English cap (“head covering”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*kauput-}} Proto-Indo-European *kauput-, {{cog|en|head}} English head, {{doublet|en|chef}} Doublet of chef Head templates: {{en-verb}} chief (third-person singular simple present chiefs, present participle chiefing, simple past and past participle chiefed)
  1. (US, slang) To smoke cannabis. Tags: US, slang
    Sense id: en-chief-en-verb-jtsMCbLM Categories (other): American English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: chef

Adjective [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective||{{{1}}}||{{{2}}}||{{{3}}}|head=}} chief, {{enm-adj}} chief
  1. Alternative form of chef Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: chef
    Sense id: en-chief-enm-adj-HVcT9rwL Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} chief
  1. Alternative form of chef Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: chef
    Sense id: en-chief-enm-noun-HVcT9rwL Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Noun [Middle French]

Forms: chiefs [plural]
Etymology: From Old French chief. Etymology templates: {{inh|frm|fro|chief}} Old French chief Head templates: {{head|frm|noun|||plural|chiefs||{{{pl2}}}||{{{f}}}||{{{f}}}s|f1accel-form=p|g=m|g2=|head=|sort=}} chief m (plural chiefs), {{frm-noun|m}} chief m (plural chiefs)
  1. head Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-chief-frm-noun-ny5tM6Nx Categories (other): Middle French entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Old French]

IPA: /ˈtʃjeːf/ Forms: chief oblique singular or [canonical, masculine], chiés [oblique, plural], chiés [nominative, singular], chief [nominative, plural]
Etymology: First known attestation 881 in The Sequence of Saint Eulalia. From Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput. Etymology templates: {{inh|fro|VL.|capus}} Vulgar Latin capus, {{inh|fro|la|caput}} Latin caput Head templates: {{fro-noun|m}} chief oblique singular, m (oblique plural chiés, nominative singular chiés, nominative plural chief)
  1. (anatomy) head Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-chief-fro-noun-ny5tM6Nx Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. leader, chief
    Sense id: en-chief-fro-noun-KEud9DLD
  3. front (foremost side of something)
    Sense id: en-chief-fro-noun-1p15Xi7P
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cap (alt: Occitanism found in La Vie de Saint Léger, circa 980), chef, cief

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "tribal chief"
    },
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      "word": "umpire-in-chief"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vassal-in-chief"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "war chief"
    }
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        {
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            "2": "チーフ",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "chīfu"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese: チーフ (chīfu)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: チーフ (chīfu)"
    },
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sw",
            "2": "chifu",
            "bor": "1"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    }
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "2": "chef"
      },
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        "2": "chief",
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      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
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        "2": "VL.",
        "3": "capus"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "2": "captain"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
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        "2": "chieftain"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "caput",
        "t": "head"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
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        "2": "cap",
        "t": "head covering"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kauput-"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "head"
      },
      "expansion": "English head",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "chef"
      },
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      "name": "doublet"
    }
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    }
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    },
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    },
    {
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      "word": "chef"
    }
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        {
          "ref": "1857 May 11 [1856 March 1], A. S. Waugh, Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London, page 346",
          "text": "In virtue of this privilege, in testimony of my affectionate respect for a revered chief, in conformity with what I believe to be the wish of all the Members of the scientific department, over which I have the honour to preside, and to perpetuate the memory of that illustrious master of accurate geographical research, I have determined to name this noble peak of the Himalayas ‘ Mont Everest.’",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "text": "All firefighters report to the fire chief.",
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          "head"
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            "masculine"
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        },
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          "word": "tukux̂"
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          "word": "nantʼán"
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "شَيْخ"
        },
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          ],
          "word": "قَائِد"
        },
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          "lang": "Armenian",
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          "word": "առաջնորդ"
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          "roman": "pravadýr",
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          "tags": [
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          "tags": [
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          "code": "csm",
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          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "má·jyŋy-"
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          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
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          "lang": "Cherokee",
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          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "word": "ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "egy",
          "lang": "Egyptian",
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          "word": "wr:r-A1"
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
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          "word": "pealik"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "word": "johtaja"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
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          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "chef"
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          "code": "fur",
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          "word": "dûs"
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          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "xefe"
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        {
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "caporal"
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        {
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "coudel"
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        {
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bren"
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        {
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Häuptling"
        },
        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
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          "word": "Oberhaupt"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "archigós",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "αρχηγός"
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        {
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          "roman": "prostátēs",
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          "tags": [
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          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "ὄρχαμος"
        },
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "cīph",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "चीफ"
        },
        {
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "pradhān",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        {
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "śreṣṭh",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
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          ],
          "word": "श्रेष्ठ"
        },
        {
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "mukhya",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
        {
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "śekh",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "शेख"
        },
        {
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "mālik",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
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        {
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          "code": "hi",
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          "roman": "mālak",
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        {
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "sardār",
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          ],
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          "code": "is",
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          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "word": "chefo"
        },
        {
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "capo"
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        {
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          "lang": "Japanese",
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          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "word": "長"
        },
        {
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          "roman": "chīfu",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "word": "チーフ"
        },
        {
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          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "mei",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "word": "មេ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "kg",
          "lang": "Kongo",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "word": "mfumu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "word": "serok"
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          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "başcı",
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          "word": "башчы"
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        {
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          "code": "lad",
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          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "word": "kapo"
        },
        {
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          "code": "lad",
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          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "word": "kapu (Monastir)"
        },
        {
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          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "word": "shef"
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        {
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          "code": "lad",
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          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "word": "el gadol"
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        {
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          "code": "lkt",
          "lang": "Lakota",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "word": "itȟáŋčhaŋ"
        },
        {
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          "code": "lkt",
          "lang": "Lakota",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "word": "wičháša itȟáŋčhaŋ"
        },
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          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
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          ],
          "word": "prīnceps"
        },
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          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "word": "praepositus"
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          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
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          ],
          "word": "procer"
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        {
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "glavatar",
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          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "главатар"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "poglavar",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
        {
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "glavešina",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "главешина"
        },
        {
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "starešina",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "старешина"
        },
        {
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "vodač",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "водач"
        },
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          "word": "തലവൻ"
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          "word": "നേതാവ്"
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          "word": "rangatira"
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          "word": "poumatua"
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          "word": "ariki"
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          ],
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        },
        {
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            "animate"
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          "word": "kíhkay"
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          "word": "olaitorio"
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          "word": "naatʼáanii"
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          "word": "rupelli"
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          "tags": [
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          ],
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          "tags": [
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          ],
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          ],
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "cap"
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          "word": "ogimaa"
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          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "вождь"
        },
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          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "word": "𐰋𐰏"
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          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "word": "gimaa"
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          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "koca",
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          "word": "قوجه"
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          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "malak",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "ملک"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "wódz"
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        {
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "chefe"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "líder"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "rap",
          "lang": "Rapa Nui",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "word": "'ariki"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "căpetenie"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "șef"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ru",
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          "note": "of a tribe",
          "roman": "voždʹ",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "вождь"
        },
        {
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          "roman": "glávnyj",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "гла́вный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "sm",
          "lang": "Samoan",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "word": "matai"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "śíras",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "शिरस्"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ceannard"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "poglavar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "poglavica"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vođa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "glàvār"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "náčelník"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "šéf"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "glavar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "jefe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "word": "chifu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "word": "jumbe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "note": "of a tribe",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "hövding"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "ledare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "word": "puno"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "tly",
          "lang": "Talysh",
          "roman": "rais",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "Asalemi"
          ],
          "word": "رئیس"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "tly",
          "lang": "Talysh",
          "roman": "rais",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "Asalemi"
          ],
          "word": "رییس"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "talaivaṉ",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "word": "தலைவன்"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "twf",
          "lang": "Taos",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "word": "łòwaʼána"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "twf",
          "lang": "Taos",
          "note": "of town or house",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "word": "tə̀otʼų́nena"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "txb",
          "lang": "Tocharian B",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "word": "tāś"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "tpi",
          "lang": "Tok Pisin",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "word": "bigman"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "voždʹ",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "word": "вождь"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "holovnýj",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "word": "головни́й"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "provodýr",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "проводи́р"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "zu",
          "lang": "Zulu",
          "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
          "word": "inkosi class 9/6"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 11 4 8 20",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "raʔīs",
          "sense": "head of an organization",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "رَئِيس"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 11 4 8 20",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "mudīr",
          "sense": "head of an organization",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "مُدِير"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 11 4 8 20",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "šayḵ",
          "sense": "head of an organization",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "شَيْخ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 11 4 8 20",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "pet",
          "sense": "head of an organization",
          "word": "պետ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 11 4 8 20",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "ġekavar",
          "sense": "head of an organization",
          "word": "ղեկավար"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 11 4 8 20",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "tnōren",
          "sense": "head of an organization",
          "word": "տնօրեն"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 11 4 8 20",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "kiraŭník",
          "sense": "head of an organization",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "кіраўні́к"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 11 4 8 20",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "načálʹnik",
          "sense": "head of an organization",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "нача́льнiк"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 11 4 8 20",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "halavá",
          "sense": "head of an organization",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "галава́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 11 4 8 20",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "šef",
          "sense": "head of an organization",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "шэф"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 11 4 8 20",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "šef",
          "sense": "head of an organization",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "шеф"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 11 4 8 20",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "načálnik",
          "sense": "head of an organization",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "нача́лник"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 11 4 8 20",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "rǎkovodítel",
          "sense": "head of an organization",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ръководи́тел"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 11 4 8 20",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "head of an organization",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cap"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 11 4 8 20",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "head of an organization",
          "word": "長"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 11 4 8 20",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhǎng",
          "sense": "head of an organization",
          "word": "长"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 11 4 8 20",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "head of an organization",
          "word": "頭"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 11 4 8 20",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "tóu",
          "sense": "head of an organization",
          "word": "头"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 11 4 8 20",
          "code": "cs",
          "english": "fire chief",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "head of an organization",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "náčelník"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 11 4 8 20",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "head of an organization",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "šéf"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 11 4 8 20",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "head of an organization",
          "word": "johtaja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 11 4 8 20",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "head of an organization",
          "word": "päällikkö"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 11 4 8 20",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "head of an organization",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "chef"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 11 4 8 20",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "head of an organization",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "xefe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 11 4 8 20",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "head of an organization",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Chef"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 11 4 8 20",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "head of an organization",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "slang"
          ],
          "word": "Boss"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 11 4 8 20",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "archigós",
          "sense": "head of an organization",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "αρχηγός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 11 4 8 20",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "cīph",
          "sense": "head of an organization",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "चीफ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 11 4 8 20",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "raīs",
          "sense": "head of an organization",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "रईस"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 11 4 8 20",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "śekh",
          "sense": "head of an organization",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "शेख"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 11 4 8 20",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "sardār",
          "sense": "head of an organization",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "सरदार"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 11 4 8 20",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "head of an organization",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "yfirmaður"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 11 4 8 20",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "head of an organization",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "forstöðumaður"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 11 4 8 20",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "head of an organization",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "foringi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 11 4 8 20",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "head of an organization",
          "word": "chefo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 11 4 8 20",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "head of an organization",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "direzione"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 11 4 8 20",
          "alt": "ちょう",
          "code": "ja",
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          "sense": "head of an organization",
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          "sense": "head of an organization",
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          "sense": "head of an organization",
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          "sense": "head of an organization",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "head of an organization",
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          "sense": "head of an organization",
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          "word": "naczelnik"
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          "_dis1": "57 11 4 8 20",
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          "sense": "head of an organization",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "chefe"
        },
        {
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "head of an organization",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "manda-chuva"
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        {
          "_dis1": "57 11 4 8 20",
          "code": "ro",
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          "sense": "head of an organization",
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          "word": "șef"
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        {
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          "roman": "glavá",
          "sense": "head of an organization",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "глава́"
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        {
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          "sense": "head of an organization",
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          ],
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          "_dis1": "57 11 4 8 20",
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          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "head of an organization",
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          "sense": "head of an organization",
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          "sense": "head of an organization",
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          "word": "chef"
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          "sense": "head of an organization",
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          "sense": "head of an organization",
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          "word": "шеф"
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      "_dis1": "5 15 0 40 40",
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      "sense": "heraldic term",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "_dis1": "5 15 0 40 40",
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      "sense": "heraldic term",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cap"
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    {
      "_dis1": "5 15 0 40 40",
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "heraldic term",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hlava štítu"
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      "_dis1": "5 15 0 40 40",
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "heraldic term",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "_dis1": "5 15 0 40 40",
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      "sense": "heraldic term",
      "word": "lakio"
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      "_dis1": "5 15 0 40 40",
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      "sense": "heraldic term",
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        "masculine"
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      "_dis1": "5 15 0 40 40",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "heraldic term",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "xefe"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "heraldic term",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Schildhaupt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "5 15 0 40 40",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "heraldic term",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "capo"
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    {
      "_dis1": "5 15 0 40 40",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "heraldic term",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "głowica"
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      "_dis1": "5 15 0 40 40",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "heraldic term",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chefe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "5 15 0 40 40",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "glavá",
      "sense": "heraldic term",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "глава́"
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    {
      "_dis1": "5 15 0 40 40",
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "heraldic term",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jefe"
    },
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      "_dis1": "5 15 0 40 40",
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "heraldic term",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ginstam"
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      "_dis1": "5 15 0 40 40",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "heraldic term",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "chef"
    },
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      "_dis1": "5 15 0 40 40",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "heraldic term",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "sköldhuvud"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 2 0 49 49",
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "informal address",
      "word": "johtaja"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 2 0 49 49",
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      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "informal address",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "xefe"
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      "_dis1": "0 2 0 49 49",
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      "name": "m"
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        "2": "la",
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        "2": "cap",
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      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "chef"
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      "expansion": "Doublet of chef",
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      "form": "more chief",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "chiefest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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      "tags": [
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          "text": "Negligence was the chief cause of the disaster.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1727, Tobias Swinden, “The Improbability of Hell Fire’s Being in, or about the Center of the Earth”, in An Enquiry into the Nature and Place of Hell. […] With a Supplement, wherein the Notions of A[rch]b[isho]p [John] Tillotson, Dr. Lupton, and Others, as to the Eternity of Hell Torments, are Impartially Represented. And the Rev. Mr. Wall’s Sentiments of this Learned Work, 2nd edition, London: Printed by H. P. for Tho[mas] Astley, at the Dolphin and Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard, →OCLC, pages 98–99",
          "text": "[…] But when we find that they [volcanoes] are but few in Number, and the chiefeſt of thoſe too near the torrid Zone, and from their Tops to iſſue forth, now clear Fire, then thick, black Smoke, and ſometimes little or nothing at all; we muſt conclude, that they are only particular Fires, probably of the Sun’s kindling at firſt, and ſince continued by the caſual and incidental Applications of that Pabulum, which thoſe Part of the Earth adminiſter to them.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Roy F. Baumeister, John Tierney, Willpower, page 113",
          "text": "Researchers found that one of the chief effects of drinking was to reduce people's ability to monitor their own behavior.",
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          "principal",
          "principal"
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      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "lang": "Catalan",
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          "word": "principal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "sense": "primary; principal",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "gl",
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          "sense": "primary; principal",
          "word": "principal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "sense": "primary; principal",
          "word": "hauptsächlich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "de",
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          "word": "primär"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "sense": "primary; principal",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "sense": "primary; principal",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "word": "princeps"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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        {
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      "form": "chiés",
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    "Sequence of Saint Eulalia"
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}
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    "Old French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old Turkic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Requests for review of Japanese translations",
    "Requests for review of Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Requests for review of Swedish translations",
    "Requests for review of Turkish translations",
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      "word": "air chief marshal"
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      "word": "band chief"
    },
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      "word": "base chief"
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    {
      "word": "big white chief"
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      "word": "case in chief"
    },
    {
      "word": "case-in-chief"
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    {
      "word": "champion-in-chief"
    },
    {
      "word": "champion in chief"
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    {
      "word": "chief cell"
    },
    {
      "word": "chief constable"
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    {
      "word": "chief cook and bottle washer"
    },
    {
      "word": "chief cook and bottle-washer"
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    {
      "word": "chiefess"
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    {
      "word": "chief executive"
    },
    {
      "word": "chief executive officer"
    },
    {
      "word": "CEO"
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    {
      "word": "chief experience officer"
    },
    {
      "word": "chief financial officer"
    },
    {
      "word": "chief hare"
    },
    {
      "word": "chief information officer"
    },
    {
      "word": "chief judge"
    },
    {
      "word": "chief-justice"
    },
    {
      "word": "chief justice"
    },
    {
      "word": "chief legal officer"
    },
    {
      "word": "chief lord"
    },
    {
      "word": "chief magistrate"
    },
    {
      "word": "chief mate"
    },
    {
      "word": "chief minister"
    },
    {
      "word": "chief of party"
    },
    {
      "word": "chief of staff"
    },
    {
      "word": "chief of state"
    },
    {
      "word": "chief operating officer"
    },
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      "word": "chief petty officer"
    },
    {
      "word": "chief petty officer first class"
    },
    {
      "word": "chief petty officer second class"
    },
    {
      "word": "chief rent"
    },
    {
      "word": "chief scientist"
    },
    {
      "word": "chief super"
    },
    {
      "word": "chief technical officer"
    },
    {
      "word": "chief technological officer"
    },
    {
      "word": "chief technology officer"
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      "word": "chieftess"
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      "word": "commander in chief"
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    {
      "word": "commander-in-chief"
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      "word": "condoled chief"
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    {
      "word": "crew chief"
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    {
      "word": "dexter chief"
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    {
      "word": "editor-in-chief"
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    {
      "word": "editor in chief"
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      "word": "examination-in-chief"
    },
    {
      "word": "fire chief"
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    {
      "word": "in chief"
    },
    {
      "word": "master chief petty officer"
    },
    {
      "word": "per chief"
    },
    {
      "word": "police chief"
    },
    {
      "word": "redactor-in-chief"
    },
    {
      "word": "senior chief petty officer"
    },
    {
      "word": "tenant-in-chief"
    },
    {
      "word": "too many chiefs and not enough Indians"
    },
    {
      "word": "tribal chief"
    },
    {
      "word": "umpire-in-chief"
    },
    {
      "word": "vassal-in-chief"
    },
    {
      "word": "war chief"
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            "tr": "chīfu"
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      "text": "→ Japanese: チーフ (chīfu)"
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      "name": "inh"
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      },
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
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        "2": "cap",
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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        "2": "head"
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        "2": "chef"
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        {
          "ref": "1857 May 11 [1856 March 1], A. S. Waugh, Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London, page 346",
          "text": "In virtue of this privilege, in testimony of my affectionate respect for a revered chief, in conformity with what I believe to be the wish of all the Members of the scientific department, over which I have the honour to preside, and to perpetuate the memory of that illustrious master of accurate geographical research, I have determined to name this noble peak of the Himalayas ‘ Mont Everest.’",
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        {
          "text": "All firefighters report to the fire chief.",
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          "head",
          "head"
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
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        {
          "ref": "1889, Charles Norton Elvin, A Dictionary of Heraldry",
          "text": "When the Chief is Charged with any figure, in blazon it is said to be \"On a Chief\".",
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        }
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        "The top part of a shield or escutcheon; more specifically, an ordinary consisting of the upper part of the field cut off by a horizontal line, generally occupying the top third."
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          "heraldry"
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          "shield",
          "shield"
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          "escutcheon"
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          "ordinary",
          "ordinary"
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          "field",
          "field"
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        "(heraldry) The top part of a shield or escutcheon; more specifically, an ordinary consisting of the upper part of the field cut off by a horizontal line, generally occupying the top third."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "heraldry",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "monarchy",
        "nobility",
        "politics"
      ]
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "The principal part or top of anything."
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "An informal term of address."
      ],
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        [
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          "irony"
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        "(sometimes ironic) An informal term of address."
      ],
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        "ironic",
        "sometimes"
      ]
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        "American English",
        "Canadian English",
        "English offensive terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An informal term of address.",
        "An informal term of address for a Native American or First Nations man."
      ],
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          "ironic",
          "irony"
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          "Native American#English"
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          "First Nations#English"
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        "(sometimes ironic) An informal term of address.",
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        "US",
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        "sometimes"
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      "ipa": "/t͡ʃiːf/"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-iːf"
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      "word": "chieftain"
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prijës"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pringj"
    },
    {
      "code": "ale",
      "lang": "Aleut",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "tukux̂"
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    {
      "code": "apw",
      "lang": "Western Apache",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "nantʼán"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "šayḵ",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "شَيْخ"
    },
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "qāʔid",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "قَائِد"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "aṙaǰnord",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "առաջնորդ"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pravadýr",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "правады́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "halóŭny",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гало́ўны"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "vódca",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "во́дца"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "važák",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "важа́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vožd",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вожд"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "glavatár",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "главата́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vodač",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "водач"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cap"
    },
    {
      "code": "csm",
      "lang": "Central Sierra Miwok",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "hajá·po-"
    },
    {
      "code": "csm",
      "lang": "Central Sierra Miwok",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "má·jyŋy-"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "ugvwiyuhi",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ny",
      "lang": "Chichewa",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "mfumu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cic",
      "lang": "Chickasaw",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "minko'"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "頭子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tóuzi",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "头子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "náčelník"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "šéf"
    },
    {
      "code": "egy",
      "lang": "Egyptian",
      "roman": "wr",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "pealik"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "johtaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chef"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cjâf"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dûs"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "xefe"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "caporal"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "coudel"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Häuptling"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Oberhaupt"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "archigós",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "αρχηγός"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "prostátēs",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "προστάτης"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "órkhamos",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "Epic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ὄρχαμος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "cīph",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "चीफ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "pradhān",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "प्रधान"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "śreṣṭh",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "श्रेष्ठ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "mukhya",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "मुख्य"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "śekh",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "शेख"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "mālik",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "मालिक"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "mālak",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "मालक"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "sardār",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "सरदार"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "főnök"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "note": "e.g. chief of a tribe",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "höfðingi"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "foringi"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "leiðtogi"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "chefo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "capo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ちょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chō",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "長"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chīfu",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "チーフ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "mei",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "មេ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kg",
      "lang": "Kongo",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "mfumu"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "serok"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "başcı",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "башчы"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "kapo"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "kapu (Monastir)"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "shef"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "el gadol"
    },
    {
      "code": "lkt",
      "lang": "Lakota",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "itȟáŋčhaŋ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lkt",
      "lang": "Lakota",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "wičháša itȟáŋčhaŋ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prīnceps"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "praepositus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "procer"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "glavatar",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "главатар"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "poglavar",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "поглавар"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "glavešina",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "главешина"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "starešina",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "старешина"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "vodač",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "водач"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "talavaṉ",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "തലവൻ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "nētāvŭ",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "നേതാവ്"
    },
    {
      "code": "msk",
      "lang": "Mansaka",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "dato"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ard-er"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ard-ghooinney"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "rangatira"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "poumatua"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "ariki"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "ringawhero"
    },
    {
      "code": "mic",
      "lang": "Mi'kmaq",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "animate"
      ],
      "word": "saqamaw"
    },
    {
      "code": "mic",
      "lang": "Mi'kmaq",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "animate"
      ],
      "word": "saqama'sgw"
    },
    {
      "code": "umu",
      "lang": "Munsee",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "kíhkay"
    },
    {
      "code": "niq",
      "lang": "Nandi",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "olaitorio"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "naatʼáanii"
    },
    {
      "code": "nay",
      "lang": "Ngarrindjeri",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "rupelli"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chef"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "høvding"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "høvding"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cap"
    },
    {
      "code": "oj",
      "lang": "Ojibwe",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "ogimaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "cu",
      "lang": "Church Slavic",
      "roman": "voždĭ",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вождь"
    },
    {
      "code": "orv",
      "lang": "Old East Slavic",
      "roman": "vožĭ",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вожь"
    },
    {
      "code": "otk",
      "lang": "Old Turkic",
      "roman": "beg",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "𐰋𐰏"
    },
    {
      "code": "otw",
      "lang": "Ottawa",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "gimaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "koca",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "قوجه"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "malak",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ملک"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wódz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chefe"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "líder"
    },
    {
      "code": "rap",
      "lang": "Rapa Nui",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "'ariki"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "căpetenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "șef"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "of a tribe",
      "roman": "voždʹ",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вождь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "glávnyj",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гла́вный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sm",
      "lang": "Samoan",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "matai"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "śíras",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "शिरस्"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ceannard"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "poglavar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "poglavica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vođa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "glàvār"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "náčelník"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "šéf"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "glavar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jefe"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "chifu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "jumbe"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "note": "of a tribe",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hövding"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ledare"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "puno"
    },
    {
      "code": "tly",
      "lang": "Talysh",
      "roman": "rais",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "Asalemi"
      ],
      "word": "رئیس"
    },
    {
      "code": "tly",
      "lang": "Talysh",
      "roman": "rais",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "Asalemi"
      ],
      "word": "رییس"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "talaivaṉ",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "தலைவன்"
    },
    {
      "code": "twf",
      "lang": "Taos",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "łòwaʼána"
    },
    {
      "code": "twf",
      "lang": "Taos",
      "note": "of town or house",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "tə̀otʼų́nena"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "tāś"
    },
    {
      "code": "tpi",
      "lang": "Tok Pisin",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "bigman"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "voždʹ",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "вождь"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "holovnýj",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "головни́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "provodýr",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "проводи́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "zu",
      "lang": "Zulu",
      "sense": "leader of group, etc.",
      "word": "inkosi class 9/6"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "raʔīs",
      "sense": "head of an organization",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "رَئِيس"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mudīr",
      "sense": "head of an organization",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مُدِير"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "šayḵ",
      "sense": "head of an organization",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "شَيْخ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "pet",
      "sense": "head of an organization",
      "word": "պետ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ġekavar",
      "sense": "head of an organization",
      "word": "ղեկավար"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "tnōren",
      "sense": "head of an organization",
      "word": "տնօրեն"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "kiraŭník",
      "sense": "head of an organization",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кіраўні́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "načálʹnik",
      "sense": "head of an organization",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "нача́льнiк"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "halavá",
      "sense": "head of an organization",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "галава́"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "šef",
      "sense": "head of an organization",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шэф"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "šef",
      "sense": "head of an organization",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шеф"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "načálnik",
      "sense": "head of an organization",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "нача́лник"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "rǎkovodítel",
      "sense": "head of an organization",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ръководи́тел"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "head of an organization",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cap"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "head of an organization",
      "word": "長"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhǎng",
      "sense": "head of an organization",
      "word": "长"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "head of an organization",
      "word": "頭"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tóu",
      "sense": "head of an organization",
      "word": "头"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "english": "fire chief",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "head of an organization",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "náčelník"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "head of an organization",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "šéf"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "head of an organization",
      "word": "johtaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "head of an organization",
      "word": "päällikkö"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "head of an organization",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chef"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "head of an organization",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "xefe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "head of an organization",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Chef"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "head of an organization",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "Boss"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "archigós",
      "sense": "head of an organization",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "αρχηγός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "cīph",
      "sense": "head of an organization",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "चीफ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "raīs",
      "sense": "head of an organization",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "रईस"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "śekh",
      "sense": "head of an organization",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "शेख"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "sardār",
      "sense": "head of an organization",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "सरदार"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "head of an organization",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "yfirmaður"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "head of an organization",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "forstöðumaður"
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      "sense": "head of an organization",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "sq",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "code": "cs",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "gl",
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "it",
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          "ref": "1727, Tobias Swinden, “The Improbability of Hell Fire’s Being in, or about the Center of the Earth”, in An Enquiry into the Nature and Place of Hell. […] With a Supplement, wherein the Notions of A[rch]b[isho]p [John] Tillotson, Dr. Lupton, and Others, as to the Eternity of Hell Torments, are Impartially Represented. And the Rev. Mr. Wall’s Sentiments of this Learned Work, 2nd edition, London: Printed by H. P. for Tho[mas] Astley, at the Dolphin and Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard, →OCLC, pages 98–99",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "primary; principal",
      "word": "principal"
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      "word": "principal"
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      "word": "hauptsächlich"
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      "sense": "primary; principal",
      "word": "श्रेष्ठ"
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      "word": "aðal-"
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      "word": "potissimus"
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "participle",
        "present"
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        "participle",
        "past"
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        "past"
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    {
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    }
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    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English slang"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2012, Marquis \"Cream\" Cureton, When the Smoke Clears (page 268)",
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        }
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        "To smoke cannabis."
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        [
          "smoke",
          "smoke"
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        [
          "cannabis",
          "cannabis"
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      ],
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        "(US, slang) To smoke cannabis."
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        "US",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/t͡ʃiːf/"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-iːf"
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        "US"
      ],
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    "chief"
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}

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    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English nouns",
    "Old French entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old French lemmas",
    "Old French masculine nouns",
    "Old French nouns",
    "Old French terms derived from Latin",
    "Old French terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
    "Old French terms inherited from Latin",
    "Old French terms inherited from Vulgar Latin",
    "Old French terms with IPA pronunciation"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun"
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      "expansion": "chief",
      "name": "head"
    }
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  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        {
          "word": "chef"
        }
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        "Alternative form of chef"
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        [
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        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
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    }
  ],
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}

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  "categories": [
    "Middle English adjectives",
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English nouns",
    "Old French entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old French lemmas",
    "Old French masculine nouns",
    "Old French nouns",
    "Old French terms derived from Latin",
    "Old French terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
    "Old French terms inherited from Latin",
    "Old French terms inherited from Vulgar Latin",
    "Old French terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
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        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "",
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        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{3}}}",
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      "args": {},
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    }
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        {
          "word": "chef"
        }
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        "Alternative form of chef"
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  ],
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}

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  "categories": [
    "Old French entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old French lemmas",
    "Old French masculine nouns",
    "Old French nouns",
    "Old French terms derived from Latin",
    "Old French terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
    "Old French terms inherited from Latin",
    "Old French terms inherited from Vulgar Latin",
    "Old French terms with IPA pronunciation"
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    }
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    {
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    }
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      "form": "chiefs",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frm",
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        "3": "",
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        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
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  "lang_code": "frm",
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        "Middle French countable nouns",
        "Middle French entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle French lemmas",
        "Middle French masculine nouns",
        "Middle French nouns",
        "Middle French terms derived from Old French",
        "Middle French terms inherited from Old French"
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        "head"
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        "masculine"
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  "categories": [
    "Old French entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old French lemmas",
    "Old French masculine nouns",
    "Old French nouns",
    "Old French terms derived from Latin",
    "Old French terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
    "Old French terms inherited from Latin",
    "Old French terms inherited from Vulgar Latin",
    "Old French terms with IPA pronunciation"
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          "expansion": "→ Middle English: chef\nEnglish: chief\nScots: chief",
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        }
      ],
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    },
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        {
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        }
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    },
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      "depth": 2,
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        {
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            "1": "es",
            "2": "jefe"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: jefe, gefe; xefe\n→ English: jefe\n→ Bikol Central: hepe\n→ Cebuano: hepe\n→ Tagalog: hepe",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
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    },
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      "depth": 2,
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        {
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            "bor": "1"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "depth": 2,
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        {
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            "2": "xefe",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Galician: xefe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "chefe",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: chefe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    }
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      },
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        "2": "la",
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "First known attestation 881 in The Sequence of Saint Eulalia. From Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput.",
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    {
      "form": "chief oblique singular or",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chiés",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "chief",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    {
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        "Old French terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "fro:Anatomy"
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        {
          "english": "He exposed his head and his face.",
          "ref": "c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide",
          "text": "Le chief li desarme et la face.",
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          "anatomy"
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          "head",
          "head"
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        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
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        "leader, chief"
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          "chief",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "front (foremost side of something)"
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        [
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtʃjeːf/"
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  ],
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    {
      "alt": "Occitanism found in La Vie de Saint Léger, circa 980",
      "word": "cap"
    },
    {
      "word": "chef"
    },
    {
      "word": "cief"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Sequence of Saint Eulalia"
  ],
  "word": "chief"
}

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