Sentence examples for or chieftain from inspiring English sources

"Jeddak," as any close reader of Burroughs can tell you, is Barsoomese for lord or chieftain.

In early societies the minstrel might be a courtier of the king or chieftain, and the poet who composed liturgies might be a priest.

From earliest historical times a king, queen, or chieftain was inaugurated by some public ceremony; the sovereign might be raised upon a shield, presented with a spear, or invested with a distinctive robe or headdress.

He was the "leader", or chieftain, of a remote Hebridean island still in thrall to pre-Christian pagan rituals, where Edward Woodward's pious police officer comes to investigate the disappearance of a young girl.

Each kingdom was led by a cacique, or "chieftain", who was advised in his exercise of royal power by a council of priests/healers known as bohiques.

It was possibly inhabited by a king or chieftain and his family, retinue, and craftsmen, and may have housed a population of 200 350.

In all the autonomías, the local élites vestiges of the nineteenth-century caciques, or chieftains, who came into power after Spain was divided, in 1833, into fifty provinces installed themselves as party kingmakers, and used the party apparatus to dole out jobs and favors to relatives and allies.

In all the autonomías, the local élites — vestiges of the nineteenth-century caciques, or chieftains, who came into power after Spain was divided, in 1833, into fifty provinces — installed themselves as party kingmakers, and used the party apparatus to dole out jobs and favors to relatives and allies.

"There are folks who already own Roadmasters or Chieftains and want an around-town bike," Menneto said.

The bride and groom, along with the panchs or chieftains of the Kanjarbhats, form a public gathering and are joined by members of the community.

Although Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos wrote of the voivodes or chieftains of the Hungarian tribes around 950, he seems to have adopted the term used by a Slavic interpreter.