See chieftain on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1970, Kazimierz Godłowski, “The chronology of the Late Roman and early migration periods in Central Europe”, in Acta scientiarum litterarumque: Schedae archeologicae, Nakładem Uniwersytetu Jagiellonśkiego, page 22:",
"text": "They were probably the work of individual craftsmen working to meet the chieftains' needs. Their place in the chronology of the big cemeteries is indicated by the less richly-decorated double-springed bronze brooches which are found here.",
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"word": "cabecilla"
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"sense": "A leader of a clan or tribe",
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "A leader of a clan or tribe",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "caudillo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "A leader of a clan or tribe",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "jefe"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "A leader of a clan or tribe",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "jeque"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "A leader of a clan or tribe",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cabecilla"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "A leader of a clan or tribe",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "hövding"
},
{
"code": "tpi",
"lang": "Tok Pisin",
"sense": "A leader of a clan or tribe",
"word": "bigman"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "A leader of a clan or tribe",
"word": "kabile reisi"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "A leader of a group, e.g. a robbers' chieftain",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bendeleider"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "A leader of a group, e.g. a robbers' chieftain",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "capo"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "me kon treanh",
"sense": "A leader of a group, e.g. a robbers' chieftain",
"word": "មេកន្ទ្រាញ"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "A leader of a group, e.g. a robbers' chieftain",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cap"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "A leader of a group, e.g. a robbers' chieftain",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "manda-chuva"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "A leader of a group, e.g. a robbers' chieftain",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chefe"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "glavárʹ",
"sense": "A leader of a group, e.g. a robbers' chieftain",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "глава́рь"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "atamán",
"sense": "A leader of a group, e.g. a robbers' chieftain",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "атама́н"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "A leader of a group, e.g. a robbers' chieftain",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "líder"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "A leader of a group, e.g. a robbers' chieftain",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "jefe"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "A leader of a group, e.g. a robbers' chieftain",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "ledare"
}
],
"word": "chieftain"
}
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"Pages with entries",
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"Scots lemmas",
"Scots nouns",
"Scots terms derived from Early Scots",
"Scots terms derived from Late Latin",
"Scots terms derived from Latin",
"Scots terms derived from Middle English",
"Scots terms derived from Middle Scots",
"Scots terms derived from Old French",
"Scots terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Scots terms inherited from Early Scots",
"Scots terms inherited from Middle English",
"Scots terms inherited from Middle Scots"
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"1": "sco",
"2": "gmw-msc",
"3": "chiftane"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "enm-esc",
"3": "chefftane"
},
"expansion": "Early Scots chefftane",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "enm",
"3": "cheftayne"
},
"expansion": "Middle English cheftayne",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "fro",
"3": "chevetaine"
},
"expansion": "Old French chevetaine",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "LL.",
"3": "capitaneus"
},
"expansion": "Late Latin capitaneus",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "la",
"3": "caput",
"4": "",
"5": "head"
},
"expansion": "Latin caput (“head”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*kauput-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kauput-",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle Scots chiftane, chyftane, from Early Scots chefftane, from Middle English cheftayne, from Old French chevetaine, from Late Latin capitaneus, from Latin caput (“head”), from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "chieftains",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"10": "",
"2": "noun",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "plural",
"6": "chieftains",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"9": "",
"cat2": "",
"cat3": "",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "chieftain (plural chieftains)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "chieftain (plural chieftains)",
"name": "sco-noun"
}
],
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"lang_code": "sco",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"chieftain"
],
"links": [
[
"chieftain",
"#English"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"schore; leader of a Highlands clan"
],
"links": [
[
"schore",
"schore"
],
[
"Highlands",
"Highlands"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(possibly) schore; leader of a Highlands clan"
],
"tags": [
"possibly"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[tʃiften]"
}
],
"word": "chieftain"
}
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