Sentence examples for tribal chief from inspiring English sources
noun
The chief of a tribe.
- Some traditional societies have a single hereditary tribal chief, others a whole hierarchy of elected tribal chiefs, etc.
The tribal chief remained defiant.
They developed relatively strong political cohesion for Plateau tribes, with a tribal chief and council.
He appears to have been a cultural hero and agricultural deity rather than a tribal chief.
He only ever made a single convert – a tribal chief who lapsed back into polygamy.
Among more advanced preliterate societies, there may be a single paramount tribal chief with coercive authority.
ISLE DE JEAN CHARLES, La., June 15 — All trees and farmland, the tribal chief said.
Little is known of Pontiac's early life, but by 1755 he had become a tribal chief.
"Of course this is a democratic process," the 60-year-old tribal chief said.
Koro, the tribal chief, wanted a grandson to take on his mantle.
The Mvezo tribal chief questioned the right of many Mandela relatives to speak on family matters.
"Every tribal chief is in the pocket of the government in Pakistan," he said.
