Definitions for chief
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Princeton's WordNet(4.33 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. head, chief, top dog(noun)

   a person who is in charge

   "the head of the whole operation"

2. foreman, chief, gaffer, honcho, boss(noun)

   a person who exercises control over workers

   "if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman"

3. headman, tribal chief, chieftain, chief(adj)

   the head of a tribe or clan

4. chief(a), main(a), primary(a), principal(a), master(a)(adj)

   most important element

   "the chief aim of living"; "the main doors were of solid glass"; "the principal rivers of America"; "the principal example"; "policemen were primary targets"; "the master bedroom"; "a master switch"

Wiktionary(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. chief(Noun)

   A leader or head of a group of people, organisation, etc.

2. chief(Noun)

   The top part of a shield or escutcheon.

3. chief(Noun)

   A head officer in a department, organization etc.; a boss.

   All firefighters report to the fire chief.

4. chief(Noun)

   An informal address to an equal.

   Hey, chief.

5. chief(Adjective)

   Primary; principal.

   Negligence was the chief cause of the disaster.

Webster Dictionary(3.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Chief(noun)

   the head or leader of any body of men; a commander, as of an army; a head man, as of a tribe, clan, or family; a person in authority who directs the work of others; the principal actor or agent

2. Chief(noun)

   the principal part; the most valuable portion

3. Chief(noun)

   the upper third part of the field. It is supposed to be composed of the dexter, sinister, and middle chiefs

4. Chief(adj)

   highest in office or rank; principal; head

5. Chief(adj)

   principal or most eminent in any quality or action; most distinguished; having most influence; taking the lead; most important; as, the chief topic of conversation; the chief interest of man

6. Chief(adj)

   very intimate, near, or close

Freebase(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Chief

   The Chief was one of the named passenger trains of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Its route ran from Chicago, Illinois to Los Angeles, California. The Chief was inaugurated as an all-Pullman limited train to supplement the road's California Limited, with a surcharge of USD $10.00 for an end-to-end trip. The heavyweight began its first run from both ends of the line, simultaneously, on November 14, 1926, scheduled 63 hours each way between Chicago and Los Angeles, five hours faster than the California Limited. The Chief was a success, dubbed "Extra Fast-Extra Fine-Extra Fare" though it failed to relieve traffic on the California Limited. The Chief became famous as a "rolling boudoir" for film stars and Hollywood executives. In 1954 the Chief reduced its schedule to equal its cousins, the Super Chief and El Capitan, and would ultimately drop the extra fare requirement as well. The Chief would have been the "crown jewel" of most railroads' passenger fleets. But it did not survive the national decline in passenger demand and its last run was on May 15, 1968.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Chief

   chēf, adj. head: principal, highest, first: (Scot.) intimate.—adv. chiefly.—n. a head or principal person: a leader: the principal part or top of anything: (her.) an ordinary, consisting of the upper part of the field cut off by a horizontal line, generally made to occupy one-third of the area of the shield.—ns. Chief′-bar′on, the President of the Court of Exchequer; Chief′dom, Chief′ship, state of being chief: sovereignty; Chief′ery, an Irish chieftaincy: the dues paid to a chief; Chief′ess, a female chief; Chief′-jus′tice (see Justice).—adj. Chief′less, without a chief or leader.—adv. Chief′ly, in the first place: principally: for the most part.—ns. Chief′ry, a rent paid to the supreme lord: a chief's lands; Chief′tain, the head of a clan: a leader or commander:—fem. Chief′tainess; Chief′taincy, Chief′tainship; Chief′tainry.—In chief (her.) means that the charge is borne in the upper part of the shield: applied to holding land directly from the sovereign: at the head, as commander-in-chief. [Fr. chef—L. caput, the head.]

The Nuttall Encyclopedia(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Chief

   the upper part of an escutcheon cut off by a horizontal line.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. chief

   See COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. A common abbreviation.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. chief

   The head or leader of any band or community; a commander.

2. chief

   In heraldry, an ordinary formed by a horizontal line occupying the upper part of the escutcheon. Any object borne in the upper or chief part of the shield is said to be in chief, though the chief be not divided off from the rest of the field as a separate portion.

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1. chief

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'chief' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1369

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'chief' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1977

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'chief' in Nouns Frequency: #975

4. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'chief' in Adjectives Frequency: #163

Anagrams for chief »

1. fiche

How to pronounce chief?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say chief in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of chief in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of chief in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of chief in a Sentence

1. Mark DeSaulnier:

   I would like to be part of re-establishing journalism as a sacred part of American democracy as it once was, the industry right now is going through a tough time, said John Stanton, the former Washington Bureau chief at BuzzFeed News, during the press conference. Were at a crisis point in the industry, and its good that Congress is taking a look at these issues and how these big tech companies are affecting our ability to do our job. Stanton, who was laid off from BuzzFeed earlier this year, recently launched the Save Journalism project with Laura Bassett, the former senior politics reporter at HuffPost. Bassett was laid off from HuffPost in January. FACEBOOKS AVERAGE US USER SPENT 38 MINUTES PER DAY ON THE PLATFORM, A DROP FROM 2017, BUT INSTAGRAM USAGE INCREASED.

2. Donald Trump:

   I think what the president is doing is expressing frustration that Attorney General Sessions should have shared these reasons for recusal before Attorney General Sessions took the job, not afterward. If I were the president and I picked someone to be the country’s chief law enforcement officers and they told me later, ‘ oh by the way I ’m not going to be able to participate on the most important case in the office, ’ I would be frustrated too.

3. Ron Thiessen:

   I mean we can talk to the chief of staff of White House any time we want, but you want to be careful with all this because White House's all recorded, you don't want to be seen to be trying to exercise undue influence.

4. Donald Trump:

   People are looking for who is prepared to be a commander in chief. Who understands the threats we face. 'Who am I comfortable having their finger on the button?' Now that's a question of strength, but it's also a question of judgment. And I think that is a question that is a challenging question for both of them.

5. Art Basel:

   Anyone who is a serious member of the creative class who's in town is going to come into our fair. We’re getting a lot of request from CEOs and CMOs (chief marketing officers) who’ve never come to the fair.

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