Hyphenation of chieftain

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word chieftain? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

chief-tain

Definitions of chieftain:

1.	The leader of a group of people A captain of industry
2.	The head of a tribe or clan

Synonyms of chieftain:

noun	captain, leader
noun	headman, tribal chief, leader

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