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chieftesses

chieftesses is the plural of chieftess.

Meaning of chieftess

Noun

chieftess (plural chieftesses)

  1. Synonym of chieftainess: a female chieftain or the wife of a chief.
    • "This heroine was ever after treated by her nation as their deliverer, and made a chieftess in her own right, with the liberty to entail the same honour on her descendants ..." New travels among the Indians of North America, William Fisher, ed., p. 294; attributed to Rev. J. Hubbard....
    Synonyms:
    chieftainess

Questions about chieftesses

What is chieftesses the plural of?
Chieftesses is the plural of chieftess.

Words near chieftesses in the dictionary

  1. chieftainry
  2. chieftains
  3. chieftainship
  4. chieftainships
  5. chieftess
  6. chieftesses
  7. Chieh
  8. Chieh-yang
  9. Chiehhsiu
  10. Chiehmo
  11. Chiehshih

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