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Chieftain
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Cheventein
A variant of Chieftain
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 same surname as the clan of Macdonald
Clanship
A state of being 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 to the descendants of Mohammed in the line
Polligar, Polygar
Polligar, Polygar, the head of a village or district; also a military chieftain in the peninsula, answer-ing to a hill zemindar in the northern circars, Indian.
Sorehon, or sorn
Sorehon, or sorn, an arbitrary exaction, formerly existing in Scotland and Ireland. Whenever a chieftain had a mind to revel, he came down among the tenants with his followers by way of contempt
Bretwalda
The official title applied to that one of the Anglo Saxon chieftains who was chosen by the other chiefs to lead them in their warfare against the British tribes
Jenmiland
Jenmiland, the jenmom lands contemplated in Act V of 1071 would not comprise free-hold lands of the Edavagai Chieftains. Freedom from payment of land revenue is a common feature, Vanjipuzha Chief v. Thommi Thoma, AIR 1955 Trav
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