chieftain

Example Sentences

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The most straightforward, and successful, parts recount the 1836 abduction of a Mexican rancher’s wife named Camila by an Apache band led by the larger-than-life chieftain Mangas Coloradas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

In the latter respects, the series also resembles “Game of Thrones,” where Momoa spent two seasons as chieftain Khal Drogo.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2025

Charity Adams, changed back to “Fort Lee,” I can only imagine how the SCV and others would respond to a re-renaming after any Lee other than their holy Confederate chieftain.

From Slate • Feb. 12, 2025

For the past few months, as the mercenary chieftain Yevgeny V. Prigozhin escalated his feud with the Russian military, Mr. Putin did not publicly reveal any discomfort with his diatribes.

From New York Times • Jun. 24, 2023

For even the Wise might fear to withstand the Nine, when they are gathered together under their fell chieftain.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien