Noun: cheveteyn
| Sg. | cheveteyn |
| Pl. | cheveteynes |
Genitive
Dative
Sample Sentences
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And if so falle, the chieftayn be take
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On either syde, or elles slee his make, (And if so happen that the chieftain be taken
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On either side, or else should slay his opponent,
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The tournament shall last no longer.) [late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Knight's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 2555-2557]
Nouns inflected like cheveteyn
wheston,
scarth,
scough,
schour,
scherd,
scheld,
schalk,
schaft,
smythy,
bombard,
bochous,
hereditament,
syngyng,
peretre,
bastard,
conquest,
comaundour,
patroun,
pacient,
playing, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French chevetaine, from Late Latin capitaneus. Doublet of capitain.
Verbs referencing "cheveteyn"
English Nouns
chieftain.
Translations