Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tribal chief

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.00 in modern English

Syllables: trib-al chief
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The chief of a tribe.

Example Sentences

"Some traditional societies have a single hereditary tribal chief, others a whole hierarchy of elected tribal chiefs, etc."

Inflected Forms

tribal chiefs (plural)

Synonyms

chieftain chief

Questions

What does tribal chief mean?: The chief of a tribe.

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