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arch-chief

arch-chief is the alternative form of archchief.

Meaning of archchief

Noun

archchief (plural archchiefs)

  1. (rare) A supreme, primary leader of any organization.
    • The inhabitants bore the generic name of Kinel-Owen, and had at this period branched off into various families, who were all tributary to one archchief, who was sometimes of the family of MacLoughlin, sometimes of that of O’Neill, and, in one or two instances, of that of O'Flaherty, now Laverty...1848, United States National Transportation Safety Board, The Gentleman's Magazine 1848-10: Volume 30, Open Court Publishing Company, page 52

Forms of arch-chief

pluralarch-chiefs

Questions about arch-chief

What is arch-chief the alternative form of?
Arch-chief is the alternative form of archchief.

Words near arch-chief in the dictionary

  1. arch rogue
  2. arch rogues
  3. arch-
  4. arch-artist
  5. arch-artists
  6. arch-chief
  7. arch-chiefs
  8. arch-commander
  9. arch-commanders
  10. arch-criminal
  11. arch-criminals

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