See chief on Wiktionary
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"text": "They came to the chief to resolve their dispute."
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"A leader or respected elder in a tribe."
],
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"text": "All firefighters report to the fire chief."
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"text": "The chief cause of his death was cancer."
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"The chief thing is the primary or principal thing."
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