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Chichimecateuctli.

Headword: 
Chichimecateuctli.
Principal English Translation: 

a title, "Lord of the Chichimecs," held by many men; for a visual example, see: https://aztecglyphs.wired-humanities.org/content/chichimeca-tecuhtli-mh690v

Attestations from sources in English: 

"Chichimecateuctli" was the title of a tlatoani of Tetzcoco. A "Chichimeca teuctli" is also mentioned for Amecameca.
James Lockhart, The Nahuas, 1992, 109 and 480 note 25.

"Don Miguel Baptista de Gaona, Chichimeca Tecuhtli; grandson of Miccacalcatl; installed as Tlatohuani 1589; permitted to dress in Spanish clothing...."
Charles Gibson, "The Aztec Aristocracy in Colonial Mexico," Comparative Studies in Society and History 2:2 (1960).

Chichimeca tecuhtli, Quinatzin
Eloise Quiñones-Keber, "The Tlailotlaque in Acolhua pictorial histories: imitators or inventors?," Journal de la société des américanistes 82:2 (1998).

"Chichimeca Tecuhtli, captain of the Tlaxcaltecas, came to his aid" [i.e. aiding Hernando Cortés]
History of the Chichimeca Nation (2019), 302.

"...we know for certain that one of Tecuanipan's lords bore the title chichimeca tecuhtli ('Chichimec lord')."
Barbara Mundy, The Mapping of New Spain (2000), 125.