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COMMANDER |
Chief officer |
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PRESIDENT |
Chief officer |
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CEO |
Chief executive officer |
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FIRSTMATE |
Ship captain's chief officer |
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DIVAN |
A chief officer of state. |
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CAPTAIN |
A head, or chief officer |
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CUTWAL |
The chief police officer of a large city. |
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ESCHEVIN |
The alderman or chief officer of an ancient guild. |
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ARCHBUTLER |
A chief butler; -- an officer of the German empire. |
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CABINET |
The advisory council of the chief executive officer of a
nation; a cabinet council. |
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AGHA |
In Turkey, a commander or chief officer. It is used also as a
title of respect. |
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DECURION |
A head or chief over ten; especially, an officer who
commanded a division of ten soldiers. |
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MARSHAL |
The chief officer of arms, whose duty it was, in ancient
times, to regulate combats in the lists. |
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ARCHCHANCELLOR |
A chief chancellor; -- an officer in the old German
empire, who presided over the secretaries of the court. |
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COLONEL |
The chief officer of a regiment; an officer ranking next
above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier general. |
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MAJOR-DOMO |
A man who has authority to act, within certain limits,
as master of the house; a steward; also, a chief minister or officer. |
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POSTMASTER-GENERAL |
The chief officer of the post-office department
of a government. In the United States the postmaster-general is a
member of the cabinet. |
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EXECUTIVE |
An impersonal title of the chief magistrate or officer
who administers the government, whether king, president, or governor;
the governing person or body. |
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ARCHCHAMBERLAIN |
A chief chamberlain; -- an officer of the old
German empire, whose office was similar to that of the great
chamberlain in England. |
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RECTOR |
The superior officer or chief of a convent or religious
house; and among the Jesuits the superior of a house that is a seminary
or college. |
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COMMODORE |
A title given by courtesy to the senior captain of a
line of merchant vessels, and also to the chief officer of a yachting
or rowing club. |
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ATTORNEY-GENERAL |
The chief law officer of the state, empowered to
act in all litigation in which the law-executing power is a party, and
to advise this supreme executive whenever required. |
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SHERIFF |
The chief officer of a shire or county, to whom is
intrusted the execution of the laws, the serving of judicial writs and
processes, and the preservation of the peace. |
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MAYOR |
The chief magistrate of a city or borough; the chief officer
of a municipal corporation. In some American cities there is a city
court of which the major is chief judge. |
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JEMIDAR |
The chief or leader of a hand or body of persons; esp., in
the native army of India, an officer of a rank corresponding to that of
lieutenant in the English army. |