headmen
Tribal authority figures
Headmen is the plural of headman, a leader or chief of a group, village, or community.
The term often appears in anthropological or historical contexts describing traditional leadership structures: The headmen of the neighboring villages met to resolve the dispute.
In some settings, headman simply means a foreman or supervisor of workers.
Leader of a tribe
- chiefTop-ranking leader
- sachemIndigenous northeastern headman
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
- tribeSocial group sharing ancestry
patriarch · village · elder · council · shaman · lineage · kinship · ancestral
Senior figure of authority
- councilAdvisory deliberative group
- communityCollective of connected people
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- ruralOf the countryside
local · customary · dispute · mediation · allocation · land · collective · assembly
One who guides others
- powerEnergy transfer rate
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
- controlAuthority to direct
- governanceHow authority is exercised
jurisdiction · oversight · direction · influence · rule · administration · hierarchy · delegation
One who monitors work
- foremanWorker who directs others
- supervisorOne who directs workers
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
native · administration · appointed · intermediary · compound · mine · hierarchy · subordinate
chieftain
Leader of a tribe
tribe · patriarch · village · elder · council · shaman · lineage · kinship · ancestral · ceremonial
elder
Senior figure of authority
- councilAdvisory deliberative group
- communityCollective of connected people
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
rural · local · customary · dispute · mediation · allocation · land · collective · assembly · spokesman
leader
One who guides others
governance · jurisdiction · oversight · direction · influence · rule · administration · hierarchy · delegation · enforcement
overseer
One who monitors work
- foremanWorker who directs others
- supervisorOne who directs workers
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
labor · native · administration · appointed · intermediary · compound · mine · hierarchy · subordinate · recruitment
- customary lawtribal customs, unwritten laws, unwritten rules, traditional norms, indigenous law
- tribal governancetribal council, tribal councils, tribal government, elders, chieftaincy
- kinshipmother, father, sister, brother, children
- leadersleader, boss, leaders, bosses, chiefs
- local governmentcity manager, aldermen, city hall, councillors, councillor
- elder councilstribal council, council of elders, village council, clan leaders, elders
headmenfollowers
People who support someone
subordinates · subjects · underlings · commoners · rank and file
- deputy headmasterAssistant school chief