chief:
(plural: ‘chiefs‘; pronunciation: the letters ‘ch’ rhyme with the letters ‘ch’ in “church”)
a tribal chief
an informal word for the head of a group of people, office, organisation;
a person who is in the highest rank or position;
a leader; a boss;
the head of a tribe; a chieftain (next entry),
White House Chief of Staff, Rahm Emmanuel
A chief of a tribe or community is the most powerful person and is only next to a deity or god.
This company has three branches and the chief makes regular visits to each one.
To counter terrorism, all the Chiefs of Police of the attack-prone areas met to discuss possible courses of action to be taken.
This factory is so large that there are twenty-five supervisors in ten departments and there are five chiefs to monitor them.
The Chief of Staff at the White House, the American president’s official residence, is responsible for all the domestic affairs of the house, including the president’s security matters.
