chieftain
Clan's top figure
A chieftain is the leader of a tribe, clan, or other traditional community.
The term suggests a more personal, hereditary authority than formal political titles like king or president: The Highland chieftains gathered their clans.
Chieftain can extend to any dominant figure in a group: a chieftain of industry.
One who guides others
- rulerOne who governs
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
- powerEnergy transfer rate
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
control · sovereignty · governance · rule · supremacy · influence · reign · mandate
Turkic sovereign title
- sultanMuslim royal ruler
- maharajaIndian sovereign prince
- tsarRussian absolute monarch
- shogunJapan's military supreme commander
pharaoh · emperor · monarch · regent · sovereign · potentate · liege · earl
Elevated, mountainous land
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
- tartanPatterned clan fabric
- lairdScottish landed gentleman
- thaneFeudal lord of Scotland
bagpipes · kilt · clansmen · castle · feud · bonnet · broadsword · heather
leader
One who guides others
dominance · control · sovereignty · governance · rule · supremacy · influence · reign · mandate · jurisdiction
khan
Turkic sovereign title
shogun · pharaoh · emperor · monarch · regent · sovereign · potentate · liege · earl · baron
highland
Elevated, mountainous land
thane · bagpipes · kilt · clansmen · castle · feud · bonnet · broadsword · heather · moor
clan
Related group sharing ancestry
- tribeSocial group sharing ancestry
- eldersSenior community members
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
kinship · lineage · shaman · rituals · customs · ceremony · totem · indigenous · folklore · nomadic
warrior
One skilled in combat
campaign · raid · siege · fortification · encampment · ambush · conquest · battle · skirmish · raiding
- barbarian leadersAttila, Alaric, Genghis Khan, Boudicca, Boadicea
- clan leadersclan head, laird
- Norse lawthing, lawman, lawmen, outlawry, blood feud
- VikingsViking, longships, longship, raiding, Norse settlers
- ancestryancestors, kinship, ancestor, clan, ancestry
- community leadersheadwoman, civic leader, community organizer, council member, councilman
chieftainfollower
One who supports another
subject · subordinate · underling · foot soldier · commoner