The phrase "a chieftain of the" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a leader or head of a group, tribe, or organization, often in a historical or cultural context.
Example: "He was recognized as a chieftain of the local tribe, respected for his wisdom and leadership."
Alternatives: "a leader of the" or "a head of the".
Mahavira, like the Buddha, was the son of a chieftain of the Kshatriya (warrior) class.
Logan spoke to a chieftain of the Clan McClean, who aren't at all keen on DNA tests.
Chittaurgarh, formerly called Chitrakut (for Chitrang, a chieftain of the Rajputs), lies at the foot of a hillslope on which stands Chitor (or Chittorgarh) hill fort.
The city was founded about 1620 by Churru, a chieftain of the Jats (an agricultural people of northern India), from whom its name is derived.
One example is the assassination of Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf, a chieftain of the Jewish tribe of Banu Nadir.
Khalid first set out for the rebel tribes of Tayy and Jalida, where Adi ibn Hatim a prominent companion of Muhammad, and a chieftain of the Tayy tribe arbitrated, and the tribes submitted to the Caliphate.
The Syrians, for example, maintained a court overseen by the rais (raʾīs), a chieftain of importance under the Frankish regime.
In the Mahabharata he is primarily a hero, a chieftain of a tribe, and an ally of the Pandavas, the heroes of the Mahabharata.
IN MARCH, Iván Roberto Duque, a chieftain of Colombia's right-wing paramilitary vigilantes, accused Óscar Trujillo, the mayor of the small town of Aguadas, of killing a congressman.
When I called Joe Schoendorf at Aria and asked for a demonstration, he probably thought I was a chieftain of industry.
The cult of the Egyptian god Amon Re was strongly entrenched among the Cushites, and a threat by Tefnakhte, a Libyan chieftain of the Nile delta, to Amon's homeland in Upper Egypt provoked Piye to move northward.
