cheftaine

== French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃɛf.tɛn/ === Etymology 1 === First attested in the beginning of the 1900's; from English chieftain, it being feminine probably influenced by the pronunciation of its English etymon and the analogy with pairs such as châtelain / châtelaine. ==== Noun ==== cheftaine f (plural cheftaines) (scouting) a woman in charge of a troop of young scouts Coordinate term: chef (by extension) a woman in charge of a group of people, assembly === Etymology 2 === From Old French chevetain, chevetaine, cheftain, chevetaigne. Doublet of capitaine and cheftain. ==== Noun ==== cheftaine m (plural cheftaines) (obsolete) captain, chieftain === Further reading === “cheftaine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012