indian chief

1. 1.

   the leader of a group of Native Americans

   SynonymsIndian chieftain

   Broaderheadman

   NarrowersachemBlack HawkCochiseCrazy HorseGeronimoHiawathaJosephKeokukMassasoitPowhatan

Questions about indian chief

What does indian chief mean?

indian chief means "the leader of a group of Native Americans".

What is another word for indian chief?

Close synonyms include Indian chieftain. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is indian chief a common word?

indian chief is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.