chief
Other forms: chiefs; chiefest
A chief is a leader, often of a tribe or clan. Sometimes we call the president our "commander in chief."
A chief is the head honcho, the big cheese, the top dog. Tribes are lead by chiefs, but so are firefighters (fire chief), policeman (police chief), and companies (Chief Executive Officer or CEO). When used as an adjective, chief describes the most important element or main ingredient of something. You couldn't make mac and cheese without the chief ingredients: macaroni and cheese.
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the head of a tribe or clansynonyms: chieftain, headman, tribal chiefexamples:Owen GlendowerWelsh chieftain who led a revolt against Henry IV's rule in Wales (1359-1416)HrolfNorse chieftain who became the first duke of Normandy (860-931)types:pendragonthe supreme war chief of the ancient Britonstype of:leadera person who rules or guides or inspires others
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a person who is in chargetypes:capothe head of a branch of an organized crime syndicatedepartment headthe head of a departmentgeneral managerthe highest ranking managergrand dragona high ranking person in the Ku Klux Klanhead of householdthe head of a household or family or tribesecretarya person who is head of an administrative department of governmentacademic administratoran administrator in a college or universitycommissionera government administratorDCI, Director of Central Intelligencethe head of the United States Intelligence Community and director of the Central Intelligence Agencyland agenta person who administers a landed estateprefecta chief officer or chief magistrateAttorney General, US Attorney General, United States Attorney Generalthe person who holds the position of secretary of the Justice DepartmentAgriculture Secretary, Secretary of Agriculturethe person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of AgricultureCommerce Secretary, Secretary of Commercethe person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of CommerceDefense Secretary, Secretary of Defensethe person who holds the secretaryship of the Defense DepartmentEducation Secretary, Secretary of Educationthe person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of EducationEnergy Secretary, Secretary of Energythe person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of EnergySecretary of Health and Human Servicesthe person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Health and Human ServicesSecretary of Housing and Urban Developmentthe person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentLabor Secretary, Secretary of Laborthe person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of LaborSecretary of Statethe person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of StateInterior Secretary, Secretary of the Interiorthe person who holds the secretaryship of the Interior DepartmentSecretary of the Treasury, Treasury Secretarythe person who holds the secretaryship of the Treasury DepartmentSecretary of Transportation, Transportation Secretarythe person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of TransportationSecretary of Veterans Affairsthe person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Veterans AffairsSecretary Generala person who is a chief administrator (as of the United Nations)security directorhead of a private security force working for a business or industrytriumvirone of a group of three sharing public administration or civil authority especially in ancient Romeundersecretarya secretary immediately subordinate to the head of a department of governmentvice chancellora deputy or assistant to someone bearing the title of chancellortype of:leadera person who rules or guides or inspires others
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a person who exercises control over workerstype of:supervisorone who supervises or has charge and direction of
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most important element
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