chieftain
61Paramount chieftain — The ancient rulers of Greenland were called paramount chieftains. Among the island nation s chieftains were: *Erik the Red, or Eirikr Thorvaldsson, the nation s first chieftain and its first settler, began rule in 985. *Leif Ericson, likely the… …
62Indian chieftain — noun the leader of a group of Native Americans • Syn: ↑Indian chief • Hypernyms: ↑headman, ↑tribal chief, ↑chieftain, ↑chief • Hyponyms: ↑sachem, ↑ …
63Germanic chieftain — In pre Christian times chieftains were both political and religious leaders, tasked to use their luck to secure the people fred (translated good times nowadays actually the word for peace). Arminius was a famous example.Luck was considered the… …
64Vanniar (Chieftain) — Vanniar or Vannia (Tamil: வன்னியர்) is a title of a feudal chief in medieval Sri Lanka who ruled as a tribute payer to any number of local kingdoms. It was also recorded as that of a name of a caste amongst Sri Lankan Tamils iin the Vanni… …
65Malik Allah yar Khan Chieftain of Khunda — Malik Allahyar khan ملک اللہ یار خان 1880 1976 Born 2 June 1927(1927 06 02) Khunda, Attock, Punjab, British Indian Empire Died 5 April 2008(2008 04 05) (aged 80) Rawalpindi, Pakistan Citizenship Pakistani (post 1947) Occupation Lawyer, Politician …
66tribal chieftain — n British an unpleasant and/or obnoxious person. An elaboration of the earlier chief, in playground usage since 2000 …
67Tribal chief — Chieftain redirects here. For other uses, see Chieftain (disambiguation). Tyee redirects here. For the Canadian magazine, see The Tyee. A tribal chief is the leader of a tribal society or chiefdom. Tribal societies with social stratification… …
68Char Cheftain — Chieftain Char Chieftain2 …
69Salakot — chieftain.The salakot is a common symbol for Filipino identity. It is often portrayed as the hat worn by Juan de la Cruz, the symbol of the collective Filipino psyche equivalent to Uncle Sam of the Americans. The custom of embellishing this… …
70Arumaipperumal — Chieftain Arumaipperumal of Batticaloa, an eastern part of the Indian Ocean island known today as Sri Lanka, led a rebellion against the British colonial occupiers in 1803.[1][2]. Colonial occupation For centuries the European colonial occupiers… …
