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A chieftain is the leader of a tribe, or of a Scottish clan — a large family group that shares a name and a long history. People also stretch the word a little: a pirate chieftain, a rebel chieftain, the chieftain of a mountain people.
A chieftain is the leader of a tribechieftain是一個部落的領袖 or of a Scottish clan或是蘇格蘭氏族的領袖 a large family group that shares a name and a long history一個共享姓氏和悠久歷史的大家族 People also stretch the word a little人們也會把這個字用得更廣一點 a pirate chieftain海盜的chieftain a rebel chieftain叛軍的chieftain the chieftain of a mountain people山地民族的chieftain
It sounds older and more story-like than leader or boss, and a step more formal than chief, though the two are close. In Scotland it can still be a real title, though actually a lot of the old power is gone and the role is often about tradition and the family name.
It sounds older and more story-like than leader or boss它聽起來比leader領袖或boss老闆更古老、更有故事感 and a step more formal than chief也比chief酋長更正式一點 though the two are close不過兩者很接近 In Scotland it can still be a real title在蘇格蘭，這仍然可以是個真實的頭銜 though actually不過其實 a lot of the old power is gone舊時的權力大多已經消失 and the role is often about tradition and the family name這個角色現在多半和傳統與家族名聲有關
Do not mix it up with captain. Captain is a family word, from the same Latin root meaning head, but a captain leads a ship, a company, or a team, not a tribe.
Do not mix it up with captain不要把它和captain搞混了 Captain is a family wordCaptain和它是同源字 from the same Latin root meaning head來自同一個拉丁字根，意思是頭 but a captain leads a ship, a company, or a team但captain帶領的是船艦、連隊或球隊 not a tribe不是部落
組成From Middle English cheveteyn / cheftayne, from Old French chevetaine, from Late Latin capitaneus (the same word that gave English captain), from Latin caput, head. So both chieftain and captain are “head” words. It is a doublet of captain, and it is related to chief.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
chieftainnoun/ˈt͡ʃiːf.tən/
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A leader of a clan or tribe.
- VI. THE PUYUMA GROUP. The tribes belonging to this group occupy the plains in Hinan and that neighbourhood, and call themselves "Puyumas," but the Chinese call them the "Hinan Savages". The Puyumas formed a very powerful State some 300 years ago, and united under one single rule as many as seventy isolated tribes scattered over the land, stretching from Hakusekikwaku and Seikoko to Harogwai in the southern part of the island, and were at one time so powerful that the chieftain was called by foreigners "The King of Hinan".
- They were probably the work of individual craftsmen working to meet the chieftains' needs. Their place in the chronology of the big cemeteries is indicated by the less richly-decorated double-springed bronze brooches which are found here.
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A leader of a group.
- The robber chieftain divided up the spoils.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。