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chiefesses

chiefesses is the plural of chiefess.

Meaning of chiefess

Noun

chiefess (plural chiefesses)

  1. (Hawaii) Synonym of chieftainess, a female chief.
    • 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.2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, page 7
    Synonyms:
    chieftainess

Questions about chiefesses

What is chiefesses the plural of?
Chiefesses is the plural of chiefess.

Words near chiefesses in the dictionary

  1. chiefer
  2. chieferies
  3. chiefery
  4. chiefes
  5. chiefess
  6. chiefesses
  7. chiefest
  8. chiefhood
  9. chiefhoods
  10. chiefie
  11. chiefies

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