Aretha Franklin

For many years, I've wanted to do one, and I've always mentioned it to the chieftains, and they would say things like, 'Oh well. Christmas albums don't sell,' and things like that. But that's not the point. Christmas albums are important. The music is important. The season is important.

American Musician

Lawrence Kudlow

Trade is the key to the economic outlook in Britain and the E.U. Many corporate chieftains joined large bank CEOs and the fearmongering IMF to suggest that the E.U. will deal harshly with Britain if it leaves and stop all trade. That's mutually assured destruction - MAD.

American Journalist

Steve Schmidt

Trump makes no pretense about being the commander in chief of all of the country, being president of all of the people, including the people who voted against him. He is, in effect, a tribal chieftain who has declared war on half of the country.

American Businessman

Giraldus Cambrensis

Nature hath given not only to the highest, but also to the inferior, classes of the people of this nation, a boldness and confidence in speaking and answering, even in the presence of their princes and chieftains.

Welsh Clergyman

Barkha Dutt

Every institution of India - politicians, journalists and corporate chieftains - comes within the purview of the judiciary but when it comes to auditing their own conscience, judges want everyone else to stay out.

Indian Journalist

Horatio Alger

Thus the castle of each feudal chieftain became a school of chivalry, into which any noble youth, whose parents were from poverty unable to educate him to the art of war, was readily received.

American Author

Nish Kumar

In the event of a Mad Max-style post-apocalyptic dystopia, people with supplies of food and water could become warlords or chieftains in the social order that emerges out of the rubble.

British Comedian

Benjamin Disraeli

Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him, if you give him nothing to worship, he will fashion his own divinities, and find a chieftain in his own passions.

British Statesman

Roland Joffe

Eventually, the tribe developed so much confidence in me that they invited me to be their chieftain.

English Director

Chieftain indicates a high social rank within a tribe or clan, denoting respect and authority.

Social Rank

A chieftain usually appears in traditional or indigenous societies, rather than modern state systems.

Traditional Societies

Being a chieftain might not always be hereditary; some cultures elect their chieftains.

Not Hereditary

In modern contexts, chieftain is used metaphorically to indicate someone at the top of a non-tribal field.

Metaphorical Use

When used in a professional context, it implies the person is highly respected or has significant influence.

Industry Respect

Although often positive, chieftain can also have negative connotations if the person’s influence is seen as overbearing.

Not Always Positive

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 Germanic tribes under their chieftain Arminius ambushed and destroyed three legions. Proceeding along a narrow path, the legions were attacked from forest cover under torrential rain with their escape blocked.