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chevetain (c.1136-37)
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chevetain (c.1136-37)

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cheftaine,  cheftane;  cheveintainne,  cheveitein;  cheventaigne,  cheventain,  cheventaine,  cheventeigne,  cheventein,  cheventeine,  cheventeing,  cheventin;  chevesten;  chevetaigne,  chevetaine,  chevetainne,  chevetane,  cheveteigne,  chevetein,  cheveteine;  chevintein,  chevitain,  chevitaine;  chevotein;  chieftain,  chieftaine,  chieftein,  chieften,  chievetein;  chivetain,  chivetaine,  chiventain  (chiveutein (l. chiventein))  
  FEW:  capitaneus 2/i,255b Gdf:  chevetain 2,114c GdfC: ∅ TL: chevetain 2,370 DEAF:  chevetain  DMF:  chevetain  TLF: ∅ OED:  chevetaine n.  / chieftain n.  MED:  chevetain(e n.  DMLBS: ∅

a.

statuschief, supreme, leading: 
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin )  Alain n’out od sei des Bretuns Fors les chevetaignes baruns  Rom de Rou wace i 261.2694
( 1215; MS: 1226 )  nos a nostre chevetains (Latin: capitalis) justisieres […]  Magna Carta 359.18
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  Princes e prelaz cheventeins apel  Lum Lais ANTS 10831
♦lawprincipal, main: 
( 1215; MS: 1226 )  ne si plege ne seront destroit, tant dis come le chevetaigne dettor soffira a la dette paier  Magna Carta 358.9

s.

statushead, chief, leader: 
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  dous reis ot ja en Bretaine Quant C. ert chevetaine  GAIMAR1 42
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Perdu ad sun buen chevetainne; Morz est li reis  Brut WACE 8316
( c.1300 )  Qe le Alderman seit cheveteyn de la vile  Oak Book i 60
♦statusmil.chieftain, captain: 
( 1306 )  cheventeyne et guyour des gentz d’Escoce  Scot Docs 331
( a.1382; MS: a.1382 )  les altres countz et seignours et chieftaynes de soun host  Anon Chr1 36.32
♦eccl.monasticstatushead of religious house: 
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  Al cheventin deit em demander Quant si avient ke se fet cunfesser S’il ad esté rien negligent A dreit governer sun cuvent  Lum Lais ANTS 10033
♦ship.mil.statusadmiral: 
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  chevytayne de la flote nostre seignur le roi  Anon Chr1 178
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