Chief and Lion

Chief

Chief noun - The main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts.

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Lion and chief are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lion" instead a noun "Chief".

Nearby Word: chiefly

Lion noun - A person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field.

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Chief and lion are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Chief" instead a noun "Lion".

Nearby Word: lioness

old	old chief	old lion
female	female chief	female lion
complete	complete chief	complete lion
rival	rival chief	rival lion
Other adjectives: actual, real, little, white, new, angry, mysterious, retired, next, insane, elderly, aforementioned, hawaiian.

In this film, the scientist is a giant anteater, the chief of the military forces is a lion and the President of the USA is an eagle.

Source: Comic Book / Blacksad
Sacrificial Lion: Dropped player character Candy Rodriguez, who was found out and disappeared by the NPC police chief.

Source: Roleplay / Save The Earth
Chief Dooley as a Sacrificial Lion at the end of "SNAFU", after Ivchenko forces him to put on an explosively malfunctioning vest of Stark's design in the middle of the SSR offices.

Source: Series / Agent Carter

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