Chief
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Chief can refer to:
- Tribal chief, the leader of a tribe, or the head of a tribal form of self-government
- Chieftain, a title
- Paramount chief, the highest-level tribal chief
- Chiefdom, any community led by an individual known as a chief, cf. Fiefdom
- Chief (heraldry), a horizontal band across the top edge of the shield on a coat of arms
- Chief (passenger train), a named passenger train that ran from Chicago to L.A.
- Super Chief, cousin to the Chief
- Aeronca Chief, a series of light aircraft
In the military:
- Chief Warrant Officer, the most senior Army and Air Force non-commissioned member rank of the Canadian Forces
- Chief Petty Officer, a noncommissioned officer or equivalent in many navies
- Chief of the boat, the senior enlisted sailor on a submarine in the US Navy
- Chieftain tank, FV 4201 Chieftain, the main battle tank of the UK during the 1960s and 70s
In sports:
- Kaizer Chiefs FC, a South African football (soccer) club
- Laval Chiefs, Les Chiefs de Laval, an LNAH hockey team based in Laval, Quebec
- Kansas City Chiefs, a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri
- Chiefs (Super rugby franchise), a New Zealand rugby union team based in Hamilton
- Nauru (Australian rules football National Team), "The Chiefs", Nauru's national Australian Rules football team
As the name of a fictional character:
- The Chief, in the webcomic User Friendly
- Chief Bromden, in the novel and subsequent film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
