English-Dutch translations for chief

• chef
  Bijna alle chefredacteuren kregen gelijktijdig ontslag. Nearly all their editors-in-chief were dismissed at the same time.
• hoofdman
• opperhoofd
  Het doet me genoegen het woord te geven aan een collega die de bijnaam "groot opperhoofd van Rangatira" kreeg toen hij onze delegatie in Nieuw-Zeeland leidde. It is my pleasure to give the floor to a Member of Parliament who received the title of Great Chief of Rangatira, when he led our delegation to New Zealand.
• schildhoofd

Definition of chief

• A leader or head of a group of people, organisation, etc.
• The top part of a shield or escutcheon; more specifically, an ordinary consisting of the upper part of the field cut off by a horizontal line, generally occupying the top third.
• The principal part or top of anything
• Primary; principal
• Intimate, friendly
• To smoke cannabis

Examples

• All firefighters report to the fire chief.
• Hey, chief.
• Negligence was the chief cause of the disaster

Related words

• handkerchief
• chiefly
• chieftain
• editor-in-chief
• kerchief
• neckerchief
• pocket-handkerchief
• commander-in-chief
• mischief-maker