"Chieftain" is a word in ENGLISH
A captain, leader, or commander; a chief; the head of a
troop, army, or clan.
I happen to know this, and I happen to know that, and maybe I know that;and I work everything out from there. Tomorrow I may forgot that this is true, but remember that something else is true, so I can reconstruct it all again. I am never quite sure of where I am supposed to begin or where I am supposed to end. I just remember enough all the time so that as the memory fades and some of the pieces fall out I can put the thing back together again every day
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To put upon a fixed allowance (esp. of provisions and drink); to supply in a fixed and limited quantity; as, …
Read the complete definitionTo cast anchor; to come to anchor; as, our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream.
Read the complete definitionandir a {1} short for andir dibúnal, bakyà, sáya be dominated, subjugated to ones wife. {2} subordinate to. Andir ku …
Read the complete definitionariglu n settlement, compromise. Maáyu pa ang ariglu nga alang-álang kay sa burúka, A poor compromise is better than a …
Read the complete definitionadj. /NA-/ broad, strong, muscular. Nabaneg dagiti ima ti kapitan nga nangtengngel kadagiti abaga ni Andres. The hands of the …
Read the complete definitionbaryu n {1} barrio, the smallest territorial unit of government. {2} the country as opposed to the city or town. …
Read the complete definitionAbrupt; roughly frank; unceremonious; blunt; brusque; as, a bluff answer; a bluff manner of talking; a bluff sea captain.
Read the complete definitionA tenant in capite. He who held his land or title directly from the king himself. A captain; a naval …
Read the complete definitionChief; superior.
Read the complete definitionA person having authority over others acting in concert; as, the captain of a boat's crew; the captain of a …
Read the complete definitionA military leader; a warrior.
Read the complete definitionA head, or chief officer
Read the complete definitionOne in charge of a portion of a ship's company; as, a captain of a top, captain of a gun, …
Read the complete definitionBy courtesy, an officer actually commanding a vessel, although not having the rank of captain.
Read the complete definitionThe military officer who commands a company, troop, or battery, or who has the rank entitling him to do so …
Read the complete definitionTo act as captain of; to lead.
Read the complete definitionAn officer in the United States navy, next above a commander and below a commodore, and ranking with a colonel …
Read the complete definitionThe master or commanding officer of a merchant vessel.
Read the complete definitionThe foreman of a body of workmen.
Read the complete definitionA head-man; commander; commanding officer. The captain of a war-vessel is the oflicer first in command. In the Unlted States …
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