chieftess

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noun A female form of the word chief or chieftain, meaning the leader of a tribe or clan.

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Nonetheless, they and their young chieftess kept pace with the Cimmerian.

Conan and The Mists of Door Green, Roland 1995
Deciding that she neither could nor would return to her tribe, she had vowed to stay in the Valley of the Mists and become chieftess of a new tribe.

Conan and The Mists of Door Green, Roland 1995
The fair chieftess shook her earrings and smiled archly.

White Shadows in the South Seas Frederick O'Brien 1900
[Illustration: A chieftess in _tapa_ garments with _tapa_ parasol] [Illustration: Launching the whale-boat]

White Shadows in the South Seas Frederick O'Brien 1900
He himself, he said, was the son of a chieftess, but his father, a king, was the son of a negro cobbler.

White Shadows in the South Seas Frederick O'Brien 1900
A chieftess in _tapa_ garments with _tapa_ parasol

White Shadows in the South Seas Frederick O'Brien 1900
"Kaoha!" to the chieftess and started toward adventure.

White Shadows in the South Seas Frederick O'Brien 1900
A few years ago, for example, then ICE chieftess Julie Myers a/k/a The ICE Princess held a ceremony to turn over to the Saudis coins which ICE agents seized from an American collector.

Debbie Schlussel Debbie 2010