chief
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
chief/tʃiːf/
▶noun
- 1 a leader or ruler of a people.
■ the head of an organization.
- 2 Heraldry an ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across the top of the shield.
■ the upper third of the field.
- 1 having the highest rank or authority.
- 2 most important: the chief reason.
– derivatives
chiefdom noun.
chiefdom noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. chief, chef, based on L. caput ‘head’.
'chief' also found in these Oxford entries:
achieve
- adjutant general
- air chief marshal
- air marshal
- alderman
- anarchy
- apostle
- arch-
- archbishop
- archduke
- archegonium
- arch-enemy
- archimandrite
- archipelago
- architect
- architrave
- archon
- archosaur
- arch-rival
- backbone
- bailiff
- barge
- bauxite
- best boy
- Black Rod
- Bow Street Runner
- brunt
- butler
- cacique
- caliph
- camphor tree
- captain
- cardinal virtue
- CEO
- CGS
- chef
- chef-d'œuvre
- Chibcha
- chief constable
- chief inspector
- chief of staff
- chief petty officer
- chieftain
- chief technician
- chief warrant officer
- C.-in-C.
- CJ
- clou
- collector
