“chieftainess”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

chieftainess

释义

chieftainess|ˈtʃiːftɪnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness. Cheventaynes occurs in 15th c. and chefetaynes in early 16th c.; but app. the word after being long obs. was formed anew by Scott.]
A female chief or chieftain; a female head of a clan or tribe.
c1410Love Bonavent. Mirr. xlix. (Gibbs MS. 103) Þe lady of alle worlde & princes of holy chyrche and cheuentaynes [ed. W. de W. 1530, chefetaynes] of Godes peple. [1592Constable Sonn. ii. Poems (1859) 41 Worthie dame! if I thee chieftayne call of Venus' host.]1805Scott Let. 21 Mar. in Lockhart (1839) II. 217, I don't know if ever you saw my lovely Chieftainess.1818― Rob Roy xxxi, The Highlanders who surrounded the chieftainess, if I may presume to call her so without offence to grammar.1857S. Osborn Quedah x. 133 Tamelan..under the rule of a petty chieftainess.

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