Definition of Subchief

1. a subordinate chief [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Subchief

subcenters
subcentimeter
subcentral
subcentrally
subchain
subchains
subchannel
subchannels
subchanter
subchanters
subchapter
subchapters
subchaser
subchasers
subchelate
subchief (current term)
subchiefs
subchondral
subchord
subchords
subchorionic
subchromosomal
subchron
subchronic
subchrons
subchunk
subchunks
subcinctorium
subcircle
subcircles

Literary usage of Subchief

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties by Charles Joseph Kappler (1904)
"Keh-chook, subchief of the Ma- kahs, his x mark. [L. s. ... Klah-pe-an-hie, or Andrew Jackson, subchief of the Makahs, his x mark. [L. s. ..."

2. General Laws of New York: Containing All Amendments to the Close of the by New York (State), Edward LeMoyne Heydecker (1900)
"A subchief shall have all the power and shall perform all the duties of the chief to whom he is elected as a subchief, in case of such chief's inability to ..."

3. Agricultural Expansion and Pioneer Settlements in the Humid Tropics by Walther Manshard, William B. Morgan (1988)
"In a recent land dispute in the area, a group of migrant farmers contributed C2,000.(X) each to their subchief towards defraying the cost of litigation. ..."

4. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico V. 1/4 by Frederick Webb Hodge (2003)
"(4) The right to have its elected chief and subchief of the clan confirmed and installed by the tribal council, among the and ..."

5. The Consolidated Laws of the State of New York, 1909 by New York (State). (1909)
"A subchief shall have all the power and shall perform all the duties of the chief to whom he is elected as a subchief, in case of :mcb. chief's inability to ..."

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