INDIAN CHIEFTAIN

Pronunciation (US):

• INDIAN CHIEFTAIN (noun)
  The noun INDIAN CHIEFTAIN has 1 sense:

1. the leader of a group of native Americans

  Familiarity information: INDIAN CHIEFTAIN used as a noun is very rare.

• INDIAN CHIEFTAIN (noun)

Meaning:

The leader of a group of native Americans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Indian chief; Indian chieftain

Hypernyms ("Indian chieftain" is a kind of...):

chieftain; headman; tribal chief (the head of a tribe or clan)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Indian chieftain"):

sachem; sagamore (a chief of a North American tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief))

Instance hyponyms:

George Guess; Sequoya; Sequoyah (Cherokee who created a notation for writing the Cherokee language (1770-1843))

Red Cloud (leader of the Oglala who resisted the development of a trail through Wyoming and Montana by the United States government (1822-1909))

Rain-in-the-Face (a chief of the Sioux; he was with Sitting Bull and others at the battle of Little Bighorn (1876) when General Custer's troops were massacred (1835-1905))

Powhatan; Wahunsonacock (Indian chief and founder of the Powhatan confederacy of tribes in eastern Virginia; father of Pocahontas (1550?-1618))

Massasoit (Wampanoag leader who aided the Pilgrims (1580-1661))

Keokuk (Sauk leader who aided the United States against Black Hawk (1790-1848))

Chief Joseph; Joseph (leader of the Nez Perce in their retreat from United States troops (1840-1904))

Hiawatha (a native American chieftain who argued for peace with the European settlers (16th century))

Geronimo (Apache chieftain who raided the white settlers in the Southwest as resistance to being confined to a reservation (1829-1909))

Crazy Horse; Tashunca-Uitco (a chief of the Sioux who resisted the invasion of the Black Hills and joined Sitting Bull in the defeat of General Custer at Little Bighorn (1849-1877))

Cochise (Apache leader of the resistance to United States troops in Arizona (1812-1874))

Black Hawk; Makataimeshekiakiak (Sauk leader who in 1832 led Fox and Sauk warriors against the United States (1767-1838))

Sitting Bull (a chief of the Sioux; took up arms against settlers in the northern Great Plains and against United States Army troops; he was present at the battle of Little Bighorn (1876) when the Sioux massacred General Custer's troops (1831-1890))