Chief
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.
The principal part; the most valuable portion.
The upper third part of the field. It is supposed to be composed of the dexter, sinister, and middle chiefs.
Highest in office or rank; principal; head.
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.
Very intimate, near, or close.
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Chief Quotations
Concern for man and his fate must always form the chief interest of all technical endeavors. Never forget this in the midst of your diagrams and equations.
Albert Einstein
I think 'Hail to the Chief' has a nice ring to it.
John F. Kennedy
A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Be the chief but never the lord.
Lao Tzu
Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a laborer's hand.
Khalil Gibran
Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy.
Napoleon Bonaparte
The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around.
Thomas A. Edison
The chief enemy of creativity is "good" sense.
Pablo Picasso
The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Chief Translations
chief in Afrikaans is baas
chief in Danish is chef
chief in Dutch is baas, aanvoerder, chef, gebieder
chief in French is dabe
chief in Italian is capo
chief in Latin is princeps, potissimus
chief in Portuguese is chefe
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