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Hollywood chieftains of yesteryear were never an admirable crew.—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 24 Mar. 2026 Khanzada spent the next decade with the Uzbeks, during which she was divorced by the chieftain and married to another man.—Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Mar. 2026 Across four continents, his visionary quests as an entrepreneur, explorer, chieftain, and adventurer were all united by his lack of success.—Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 2026 After the cowboys’ home had yellowed to memory, illustrators such as Frederic Remington set about romanticizing the Westerner, a process vigorously seized upon by the chieftains of Hollywood.—Miles Beller, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for chieftain
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Etymology
Middle English chieftaine, from Anglo-French chevetain, from Late Latin capitaneus chief — more at captain