chefftane

== Scots == === Etymology === From Middle English cheftayne, from Old French chevetaine, from Late Latin capitaneus, from Latin caput (“head”), from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [tʃeften] === Noun === chefftane (plural chefftanes) (Early Scots) chieftain === References === “chefftane”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.