CHIEF
ADJECTIVES
► CAPTAIN chief, principal, leading → 1566 obs.
► HEAD chief, best, most able → 1895 Amer. dial.
► HEADEST chiefest → 1577 obs.
► HEADLY chief, principal → 971 obs.
► MASTER chief, principal; great, best; remarkable → 1750 Eng. dial.
► MASTERPIECE chief, great, wonderful → 1895 Eng. dial.
► PALMARIAN chief, principal, pre-eminent, most important; that bears or is worthy to bear the palm → 1815
► PALMARY chief, principal, pre-eminent, most important; that bears or is worthy to bear the palm → 1657
► PRIMER first in position, rank, or importance; chief, leading, foremost, premier → 1589 obs.
NOUNS
► PRIMATE chief place, primacy → 1402 obs.
► TOP OF THE TREE, THE the chief, highest, or leading position, place, or rank → 1782
NOUNS – PERSON
► ACE the chief; the boss; a prominent individual → 1899 Amer. sl.
► ALII a chief; a noble person 1938 → Hawaii
► BELL-WETHER a chief or leader → 1430 chiefly contemptuous usage
► BIGGEST TOAD IN THE PUDDLE a chief; a leader; the most important person in the situation → 1848 US sl.
► BOSS the chief; the person in charge → 1806
► CAP the master, head, chief → 1790
► CHUNKA ► CHUNKER the chief → 20C Aust. sl.
► CHUNKA BEEF ► CHUNK OF BEEF the chief, the boss → 1942 rhyming sl.
► COCK OF THE DUNGHILL the chief, most dominant, or pre-eminent person in a place, situation, etc. → 1586 obs.
► DEAN a chief, head, or commander of a division of ten → 1388 obs.
► DUKE a chief; a ruler; a leader → 1275 obs.
► DUX a chief, a leader → 1832
► ELDERLY MAN a chief or principal man → 1900 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
► GOODMAN the head of an establishment; a master, chief, or manager → 1714 Sc.
► HEAD a chief, a captain, a commander, a ruler, a leader → 897
► HEAD BUMMAROO the chief, the person in charge; the most important person present → 1984 UK sl.
► HEAD BUMMER the chief, the person in charge → 1919 sl.
► HEADER a person who is the chief, head, captain, or ruler of a group of people; a leader → 1660 obs.
► HEADLING a chieftain, a leader → 1300 obs.
► HEADMAN a chief man, a leader → 1000
► HEAD OF ALL THE HEADS the highest ranking chief; the big chief → 1970s US sl.
► HEADSMAN a chief, leader, or head man → 1400
► HER chief, lord, chief, master; man of high position or rank → 1000 poetic usage, obs.
► HERE a chief, a lord, a leader → 1000 Sc. obs.
► HIGH-MONKEY-MONK the chief, the principal person → 1865 Amer. sl., disparaging & jocular usage
► HONCHO a chief, a leader, esp. an assertive leader → 1945 sl.
► MACGREGOR, THE the chief personage; the leading man; the person in authority → 1929 Sc.
► MACNAB, THE the chief personage; the person in authority → 1840 Sc.
► MASTER a chief, a leader, a director; one having direction or control over the action of others → 1000 obs.
► MASTERLING a chief, a conqueror; a person who has the power of a master → 1200 obs.
► MASTER-MAN a chief; a leader → 1300 obs., chiefly Sc.
► MICO a chief → 1737
► MIDDEN-COCK the chief man of a place → 1818 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► MORENA a title of or respectful form of address used to a chief or any person in authority; hence, a chief; a master → 1840 S. Afr.
► PRIMATE a person who is first in rank or importance; a chief, a leader → 1384
► PRIMORE a chief, a leader → 1625 obs.
► QUEEN PIN the chief woman in an organization or operation → 1960s sl.
► SKULL a chief, a leader; an expert → 1880 US & Aust. sl.
► TOP DOG the chief or leader of a group → 1900 colloq.
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