chieftain A tribal chief, chieftain, or headman is a leader of a tribe, tribal society or chiefdom. Tribal societies There is no definition for "tribe". The concept of tribe is a broadly applied concept, based on tribal concepts of societies of weste ...

is a tribal chief or village head. Chieftain or Chieftains may refer also to: * A position subordinate to Chief of a Scottish clan. *

Chieftain (tank) The FV4201 Chieftain was the primary main battle tank (MBT) of the United Kingdom from the 1960s into 1990s. Introduced in 1967, it was among the most heavily armed MBTs at the time, mounting a 120 mm Royal Ordnance L11 gun, equivalent to ...

, the main battle tank of the British Army during the 1960s and 1970s * ''

The Chieftain ''The Chieftain'' is a two-act comic opera by Arthur Sullivan and Francis Cowley Burnand, F. C. Burnand based on their 1867 opera, ''The Contrabandista''. It consists of substantially the same first act as the 1867 work with a completely new se ...

'', a 1894 comic opera by Arthur Sullivan and F. C. Burnand. * ''The Chieftain'' (film), a 1984 Norwegian drama film * Chieftains Museum, Cherokee museum in Rome, Georgia *

The Chieftains The Chieftains were a traditional Irish folk band formed in Dublin in 1962, by Paddy Moloney, Seán Potts and Michael Tubridy. Their sound, which is almost entirely instrumental and largely built around uilleann pipes, has become synonymous w ...

, a traditional Irish musical group * , a UK passenger ferry *

Chieftain Products Chieftain Products was a Canada-based toy and game company which released games such as Scrabble, Atmosfear, etc. Founded in 1972 by Edward J. Scott in Toronto, Ontario, this toy company was closed down in 1996 after the release of Atmosfear 4. ...

, a former Canadian toy and game company * Chieftain, a line of computers sold by Smoke Signal Broadcasting * Nicholas Moran, a historian of armored fighting vehicles, also known as The Chieftain

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