how to pronounce chieftain

/ˈtʃiːf.tən/

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chieftain is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of chieftain in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… enough then I defeat the chieftain and I …”

meanings of chieftain

noun:

A leader of a group.
A leader of a clan or tribe.

chieftain frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word chieftain occurs in english on average 1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics chieftain can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that chieftain can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) people, society, and culture;