Usually means: Leadership role in tribal society.
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  1. chieftainship: Merriam-Webster
  2. chieftainship: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. chieftainship: Collins English Dictionary
  4. chieftainship: Vocabulary.com
  5. chieftainship: Wordnik
  6. chieftainship: Wiktionary
  7. chieftainship: Dictionary.com
  8. Chieftainship: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Chieftainship: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. chieftainship: Rhymezone
  11. Chieftainship: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. chieftainship: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. chieftainship: FreeDictionary.org
  14. chieftainship: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. chieftainship: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. chieftainship: Legal dictionary

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  1. chieftainship: Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  (uncountable) The state of being a chieftain
▸ noun:  (countable) The area ruled by a chieftain

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chieftaincy, chieftainry, chieftaindom, chiefery, chieftainess, chieftess, chiefhood, headling, captainry, underchieftain, more...

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chieftaincy, chieftainry, chieftaindom, chiefery, chieftainess, chieftess, chiefhood, headling, captainry, underchieftain, more...



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