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chieftainesses

chieftainesses is the plural of chieftainess.

Meaning of chieftainess

Noun

chieftainess (plural chieftainesses)

  1. A female chieftain.
    • He gazed in silence for some minutes upon the body of Meg Merrilies, as it lay before him, with the features sharpened by death, yet still retaining the stern and energetic character which had maintained in life her superiority as the wild chieftainess of the lawless people amongst whom she was...1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], “chapter ?”, in Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees...
  2. The wife of a chieftain.

Questions about chieftainesses

What is chieftainesses the plural of?
Chieftainesses is the plural of chieftainess.

Words near chieftainesses in the dictionary

  1. chieftaincies
  2. chieftaincy
  3. chieftaindom
  4. chieftaindoms
  5. chieftainess
  6. chieftainesses
  7. chieftainly
  8. chieftainries
  9. chieftainry
  10. chieftains
  11. chieftainship

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