Meanings
nounchiefess (plural chiefesses)
plural chiefesses
- HawaiiSynonym of chieftainess, a female chief.
Although Lili‘u was born a high chiefess, with lineage that reached back to the high chiefs under Kamehameha the Great, at the time of her birth it would never have seemed possible that she would someday become queen.
2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, page 7Synonyms: chieftainess
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of chieftainess, a female chief.
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Origin
From chief + -ess. Piecewise doublet of chefess.
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Rhymes with chiefess
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chiefess. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chiefess
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chiefess,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chiefess.
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