Unscramble

c 3 h 4 i 1 e 1 f 4 t 1 a 1 i 1 n 1

9 letters · 17 points in Scrabble

Meaning

noun the leader of a group of people

noun the head of a tribe or clan

originFrom Middle English cheveteyn, cheftayne, from Old French chevetaine, from Late Latin capitaneus (English captain), from Latin caput (“head”), from Proto-Indo-European *kauput- (English head), itself from Proto-Indo-European *kap-. Doublet of captain; related to chief.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0

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