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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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and chieftain
Head of a Scottish *clan, a position hereditary within a family. The words are often used indiscriminately, but sometimes 'chief' is kept for the head of an entire clan and 'chieftain' for the leader of a subsidiary group. The chief is referred to by a repetition of the clan name; thus the chief of the Macleod clan is the Macleod of Macleod.
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