chieftainess

词形变化

chieftainesses 复数 chieftainesses

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A female chieftain.

  2. 2.

    The wife of a chieftain.

词源

From chieftain + -ess. Middle English had an equivalent form cheventaynes but the OED asserts the term was derived anew in modern English in the 19th century. Piecewise doublet of captainess.

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