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Cheventein

A variant of Chieftain

Chieftain

A captain leader or commander a chief the head of a troop army or clan

Chieftaincy

The rank dignity or office of a chieftain

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Clan

A tribe or collection of families united under a chieftain regarded as having the same common ancestor and bearing the

Clanship

united together as in a clan an association under a chieftain

Emir

An Arabian military commander independent chieftain or ruler of a province also an honorary title given

Polligar, Polygar

the head of a village or district; also a military chieftain in the peninsula, answer-ing to a hill zemindar in the

Sorehon, or sorn

arbitrary exaction, formerly existing in Scotland and Ireland. Whenever a chieftain had a mind to revel, he came down among the

Bretwalda

official title applied to that one of the Anglo Saxon chieftains who was chosen by the other chiefs to lead them

Jenmiland

of 1071 would not comprise free-hold lands of the Edavagai Chieftains. Freedom from payment of land revenue is a common feature,

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