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chiefdoms

chiefdoms is the plural of chiefdom.

Meaning of chiefdom

Noun

chiefdom (countable and uncountable, plural chiefdoms)

  1. The role or status of chief.
    • the privileges of chiefdom
  2. (countable) An area or region governed by a chief.
  3. (countable) A society larger than a tribe, but smaller or simpler than a state.

Questions about chiefdoms

What is chiefdoms the plural of?
Chiefdoms is the plural of chiefdom.

Words near chiefdoms in the dictionary

  1. chief warrant officer
  2. chief-justice
  3. chief-justices
  4. chiefage
  5. chiefdom
  6. chiefdoms
  7. chiefe
  8. chiefed
  9. chiefer
  10. chieferies
  11. chiefery

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chiefdoms (page history and authors); chiefdom (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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