A female form of the word chief or chieftain, meaning the leader of a tribe or clan.

What do you call a female chieftain?

A woman who holds a chieftaincy in her own right or who derives one from her marriage to a male chief has been referred to alternatively as a chieftainess, a chieftess or, especially in the case of the former, a chief.

What does Chieftainess meaning in English?

: a woman who is a chieftain.