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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
anointed king, boss, chief, cock, crowned head, dynast, emperor, grand duke, head, headman, hierarch, high chief, honcho, imperator, king, king-emperor, kinglet, leader, lord paramount, majesty, master, monarch, overlord, paramount, petty king, potentate, prince, prince consort, royal, royal personage, royalty, ruler, sovereign, suzerain, tetrarch
Dictionary Results for chieftain:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
chieftain
    n 1: the leader of a group of people; "a captain of industry"
         [syn: captain, chieftain]
    2: the head of a tribe or clan [syn: headman, tribal chief,
       chieftain, chief]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Chieftain \Chief"tain\, n. [OE. cheftayn, chevetayn, OF.
   chevetain, F. capitaine, LL. capitanus, fr. L. caput head.
   Cf. Captain, and see chief.]
   A captain, leader, or commander; a chief; the head of a
   troop, army, or clan.

   Syn: Chief; commander; leader; head. See Chief.
        [1913 Webster] Chieftaincy

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