Home › Words › S › subchiefsubchiefsubchief means A lesser or secondary chief.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, subchief ranks #13,607 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom sub- + chief. Piecewise doublet of subchef and subhead.nounA lesser or secondary chief.e.g.“Chatto (1860–1934) was a Chiricahua Apache subchief who later became an Apache Scout.”Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).