Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chieftainry

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chief-tain-ry
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The role or status of chieftain.

Etymology

From chieftain + -ry. Piecewise doublet of captainry.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: chieftain

Inflected Forms

chieftainries (plural)

Questions

What does chieftainry mean?: The role or status of chieftain.
Where does chieftainry come from?: From chieftain + -ry. Piecewise doublet of captainry.

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