Meaning of chief | Babel Free

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1. chief; president; head; leader of a business, political party, or other organization
2. The leader or head of a tribe, organisation, business unit, or other group.
3. boss; supervisor; manager
4. in chief, highest in rank (used in combination): commander in chief.
5. Headship, the status of being a chief or leader.
   uncountable
6. colonel; major; rank between captain and general
7. greatest in importance etc. the chief cause of disease. hoof رئيسي главен principal hlavní Haupt-... hoved- ο κύριος, ο πιο σημαντικός pea- مهمترین؛ عمده pää- principalראשי, עיקרי मुख्य vrhovni, glavni fő utama aðal-; helstur principale 主要な 주요한 svarbiausias galvenais utama belangrijksthoved-, over-, viktigstgłówny رئيس، مشر، دغوړى رتبې خښتن، مهم عمده، اساسى principal principal главный hlavný glavni glavni huvud-, viktigast สำคัญที่สุด başlıca, en önemli 首要的 найголовніший, основний بڑا ، مرکزی...
   etc
8. The top part of a shield or escutcheon; more specifically, an ordinary consisting of the upper part of the field cut off by a horizontal line, generally occupying the top third.
9. the head of a clan or tribe, or a department, business etc. opperhoof, owerste رئيس، زَعيم قَبيلَه ръководител chefe šéf, hlava, vedoucí der Chef høvding; leder; chef αρχηγός, πρόεδρος pealik رئیس johtaja chef ראש הַשֶבֵט प्रमुख glava, šef, poglavar főnök kepala æðstur, yfir- capo 長 우두머리 vadas, vadovas vadonis; virsaitis; vadītājs; priekšnieks ketua leideroverhode, sjef, lederwódz, szef مشر chefe conducător вождь; глава; шеф šéf, hlava poglavar, vodja, šef poglavica hövding, chef, ledare หัวห...
   etc
10. The principal part or top of anything.
11. boss
12. mainly. She became ill chiefly because she did not eat enough. hoofsaaklik بِصورَةٍ رَئيسيَّه предимно principalmente hlavně hauptsächlich hovedsageligt; først og fremmest κυρίως peamiselt بطور عمده؛ بیشتر pääasiassa surtoutבעיקר प्रधानत- uglavnom, većinom főleg terutama aðallega, einkum principalmente 主として 주로 svarbiausia galvenokārt terutamanya voornamelijk hovedsakelig, først og fremstgłównie بطور عمده principalmente mai ales главным образом hlavne predvsem pre svega framför allt, huvudsakl...
13. An informal term of address.
    ironic, sometimes
14. (also CEO) the president of a large company. baas رئيس الشَّرِكَه бизн. президент presidente výkonný ředitel der Geschäftsführer administrerende direktør; adm. dir. πρόεδρος εταιρείας director general peadirektor مدیر عامل pääjohtaja président-directeur général מנהל सीईओ glavni izvršni direktor elnök-(vezér)igazgató direktur perusahaan besar direttore generale （大会社の）社長 최고경영자 vyriausiasis pareigūnas/vadybininkas galvenais izpilddirektors ketua pegawai ekskutif hoofddirecteur administrerende di...
    also
15. An informal term of address for a Native American or First Nations man.
    ironic, offensive, sometimes
16. the head of a clan, tribe etc. aanvoerder, opperhoof زَعيمُ القَبيلَه главатар chefe náčelník der Häuptling høvding αρχηγός pealik رئیس قبیله؛ خانسالار heimopäällikkö chef ראש הַשֶבֵט सरदार poglavica törzsfőnök kepala suku höfðingi capotribù, capobanda 族長 족장 vadas vadonis; barvedis ketua suku kaum hoofdmanhøvding, lederwódz مشر(دقوم يا ديوې ډلې chefe căpetenie главарь, вождь náčelník, -čka poglavar poglavica hövding หัวหน้าเผ่า kabile reisi 族長，酋長 ватажок; отаман قبیلے کا سربراہ thủ lĩnh 族长，酋长
    etc
17. jefe-a;___ complaint → queja principal.
18. One who is highest in rank or authority; a leader.
19. A chief petty officer.
20. Slang A supervisor; a boss.
    Slang

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Examples

“In virtue of this privilege, in testimony of my affectionate respect for a revered chief, in conformity with what I believe to be the wish of all the Members of the scientific department, over which I have the honour to preside, and to perpetuate the memory of that illustrious master of accurate geographical research, I have determined to name this noble peak of the Himalayas ‘Mont Everest.’”

“My father, Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa, was a chief by both blood and custom.”

“All firefighters report to the fire chief.”

“Bob is our troubleshooter in chief.”

“When the Chief is Charged with any figure, in blazon it is said to be "On a Chief".”

“The shield was silver, charged with a red cross voided (that is, with the centre cut out and only the edges left), between in chief (that is, above the horizontal limb of the cross) two black dragon's wings, and in base two red daggers, and in the centre of the cross a black winged helmet; on a red chief (a broad band across the top of the shield), a silver pale (a broad vertical band), and thereon eight black arrows crossed X-wise, four and four, and encircled with a black band, between on the dexter three bendlets (narrow bands slanting from dexter chief to sinister base) enhanced (that is, raised above the centre), and on the sinister a fleur-de-lis, all of gold.”

““How old are you, chief?” the elevator guy said.”

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