chief
IPA: tʃˈif
noun
- A leader or head of a group of people, organisation, etc.
- (heraldry) The top part of a shield or escutcheon; more specifically, an ordinary consisting of the upper part of the field cut off by a horizontal line, generally occupying the top third.
- The principal part or top of anything.
- (sometimes ironic) An informal term of address.
- (US, Canada, offensive) An informal term of address for a Native American or First Nations man.
verb
- (US, slang) To smoke cannabis.
adjective
- Primary; principal.
- (Scotland) Intimate, friendly.
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Examples of "chief" in Sentences
- It was the seat of the chief.
- He was the chief calligrapher.
- The chief returned the compliment.
- The seat was the seat of the chief.
- Amanat Khan was the chief calligrapher.
- A chief objection is the secrecy of the process.
- John later became the Chief Commissariat of Major General Winfield Scott.
- Amongst the dead are the chief prosecutor in Neiva and the chief of police.
- The Chief of the Air Staff's deputy is the Assistant Chief of the Air Staff.
- A skill development center and a study circle for the disabled will be inaugurated by the chief minister on Friday.
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