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the person who decides while everyone else gets to blame them later.
means The person of highest rank or authority in a group, organization, or undertaking, or (as an adjective) the most important one.
from From Old French 'chief' (head, leader), which descended from Latin 'caput' (head) — the same headwaters that fed 'captain,' 'capital,' and 'chef.' The idea is ancient and bodily: the leader is the head of the group, the part that does the thinking and gets pointed at first. English borrowed it after the Norman Conquest, and centuries later a kitchen version, 'chef de cuisine' (head of the kitchen), gave us 'chef' — so your chief and your chef are long-lost siblings, both just 'the head' in different rooms.
- origin
- from Latin caput, meaning head
- native tongues
- often elected, not inherited, by council
- chief executive
- the only C-suite title that's also tribal
- too many
- all chiefs, no warriors sinks armies
sitting bull — lakota sioux leader who defeated the 7th cavalry at little bighorn in 1876
tecumseh — shawnee leader who united tribes against american expansion in ohio and indiana, 1808-1813