English Dictionary

paramount

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈpæɹəmaʊnt/

名詞

廃用

A chief or superior; (specifically, chiefly South Africa) an African chief having the highest status in a region; a paramount chief.

日本語の意味

最高位の首長 / 地域内で最も権威を持つ首長

The paramount of the clan decided to relocate the settlement to a valley with better resources.

その一族の首長は、より資源の豊富な谷へ集落を移すことを決めた。

意味（1）

A chief or superior; (specifically, chiefly South Africa) an African chief having the highest status in a region; a paramount chief.

意味（2）

(obsolete) A supreme ruler; an overlord; (specifically, historical) in the feudal system, a landowner who did not derive ownership of the land from anyone else, and who was able to grant fees to others; a lord paramount.

paramounts （ plural ）