释义 |
chieflet rare. A petty chief.
1865W. G. Palgrave Arabia I. 22 The chief or chieflet, for he was no less, came out. 1883Baring-Gould John Herring xxxvi, A chieflet of indifferent character. 1933Jrnl. R. Anthropol. Inst. 2 There was no compulsion to pay toll to every chieflet or headman. |