How to pronounce“chief”in English
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Definitions of “chief”
The leader or head of a tribe, organisation, business unit, or other group.
“In virtue of this privilege, in testimony of my affectionate respect for a revered chief, in conformity with what I believe to be the wish of all the Members of the scientific department, over which I have the honour to preside, and to perpetuate the memory of that illustrious master of accurate geographical research, I have determined to name this noble peak of the Himalayas ‘Mont Everest.’”
Headship, the status of being a chief or leader.
“Bob is our troubleshooter in chief.”
Primary; principal.
“Negligence was the chief cause of the disaster.”
Intimate, friendly.
“'You’re doing it because she was your friend, not because she was a parishioner, and certainly not because of the Declaratory Articles,' Macmurray said, pushing himself forward on his seat. 'Everybody knows how chief you and she were. It was an unfitting relationship for a minister while she was alive, and it is equally unfitting for you to do her a favour like this now she's dead.'”
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