clan head
Family group patriarch
A clan head is the leader or chief of a clan—the person who holds authority over an extended family group or kinship network.
The term appears in discussions of Scottish Highland clans, historical East Asian family systems, and fantasy fiction: The clan head summoned the elders to council.
Also called a clan chief or chieftain.
- patriarchMale head of family
- chieftainLeader of a tribe
- elderSenior figure of authority
- tribeSocial group sharing ancestry
- lineageDescent from progenitors
bloodline · line of descent · authority · inheritance · dynasty · great house · firstborn · succession · ancestral · hall · ancestral home · throne · family · family name · kinship · lordship · seat of power · council
- Japanese Courtcourtier, noble, nobleman, noblewoman, Fujiwara
- community leadersheadwoman, civic leader, community organizer, headman, council member
- Chiefstribal leader, headman
- clan leaderschieftain, tribal chief, headman, laird
- tribal leadershipchief, elder, patriarch, matriarch, council
- Joseon Aristocracynobleman, noblewoman, aristocrat, noble house, literati