"cheftaine" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /ʃɛf.tɛn/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-cheftaine.wav Forms: cheftaines [plural]
Etymology: First attested in the beginning of the 1900's; from English chieftain, it being feminine probably influenced by the analogy with pairs such as châtelain / châtelaine and the pronunciation of its English etymon. Etymology templates: {{etydate/the|beginning of the 1900's}} the beginning of the 1900's, {{etydate|beginning of the 1900's}} First attested in the beginning of the 1900's, {{uder|fr|en|chieftain}} English chieftain Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} cheftaine f (plural cheftaines)
  1. a woman in charge of a troop of young scouts (Scouting) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cheftaine-fr-noun-JWMclaym Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French undefined derivations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 83 6 11 Disambiguation of French undefined derivations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 5 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 4 4
  2. (by extension) a woman in charge of a group of people, assembly Tags: broadly, feminine
    Sense id: en-cheftaine-fr-noun-jJIc0NOm
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ʃɛf.tɛn/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-cheftaine.wav Forms: cheftaines [plural]
Etymology: From Old French chevetain, chevetaine, cheftain, chevetaigne. Doublet of capitaine and cheftain. Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|fro|chevetaine|chevetain, chevetaine, cheftain, chevetaigne}} Old French chevetain, chevetaine, cheftain, chevetaigne, {{dbt|fr|capitaine}} Doublet of capitaine Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} cheftaine m (plural cheftaines)
  1. (obsolete) captain, chieftain Tags: masculine, obsolete
    Sense id: en-cheftaine-fr-noun-jBq6oh3e
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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