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• Chief

  ·adj Very intimate, near, or close. II. Chief ·adj Highest in office or rank; principal; head. III...

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• Chief baron

  ·- The presiding judge of the court of exchequer. ...

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• Chief hare

  ·- A small rodent (Lagamys princeps) inhabiting the summits of the Rocky Mountains; — also called c...

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• Chief justice

  ·- The presiding justice, or principal judge, of a court. ...

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• Chief-justiceship

  ·noun The office of chief justice. ...

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• Chief priest

  See Priest. ...

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• Musician, Chief

  (Heb. menatstseah), the precentor of the Levitical choir or orchestra in the temple, mentioned in th...

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• maori-chief

  n. name given to a New ZealandFlathead-fish, Notothenia maoriensis, or coriiceps. The name arises f...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• chief officer

  See chief mate ...

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• chief mate

  , or chief officer The next to a commander in a merchantman, and who, in the absence of the latter...

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• commander-in-chief

  The senior officer in any port or station appointed to hold command over all other vessels within th...

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• Chief of the three

  A title given to Adino the Eznite, one of David's greatest heroes (2 Sam. 23:8); also called Jashobe...

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