Meaning

noun a person who is in charge

noun a person who exercises control over workers

noun the head of a tribe or clan

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Italic *kaput Latin caput Vulgar Latin capus Old French chiefbor. Middle English chef English chief Inherited from Middle English chef, borrowed from Old French chief, from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic *kaput, from Proto-Indo-European *káput, from *kap-. Doublet of cape (“point of land”), capo,…

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