"chiefess" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From chief + -ess.",
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      "form": "chiefesses",
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          "ref": "2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, page 7",
          "text": "Although Lili‘u was born a high chiefess, with lineage that reached back to the high chiefs under Kamehameha the Great, at the time of her birth it would never have seemed possible that she would someday become queen.",
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        "Synonym of chieftainess, a female chief."
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        "(Hawaii) Synonym of chieftainess, a female chief."
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    {
      "ipa": "/tʃiːˈfɛs/",
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  "word": "chiefess"
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