commandant; captain; chief, chieftain; sirdar†, sachem, sheik, head,
senior, governor, ruler, dictator; leader &c (director) 694; boss,
cockarouse†, sagamore, werowance†.
lord of the ascendant; cock of the walk, cock of the roost; gray
mare; mistress.
potentate; liege, liege lord; suzerain, sovereign, monarch,
autocrat, despot, tyrant, oligarch.
crowned head, emperor, king, anointed king, majesty, imperator
[Lat.], protector, president, stadholder†, judge.
ceasar, kaiser, czar, tsar, sultan, soldan†, grand Turk, caliph,
imaum†, shah, padishah†, sophi†, mogul, great mogul, khan, lama, tycoon,
mikado, tenno [Jap.], inca, cazique†; voivode†; landamman†; seyyid†;
Abuna†, cacique†, czarowitz†, grand seignior.
prince, duke &c (nobility) 875; archduke, doge, elector; seignior;
marland†, margrave; rajah, emir, wali, sheik nizam†, nawab.
empress, queen, sultana, czarina, princess, infanta, duchess,
margravine†; czarevna†, czarita†; maharani, rani, rectrix†.
regent, viceroy, exarch†, palatine, khedive, hospodar†, beglerbeg†,
three-tailed bashaw†, pasha, bashaw†, bey, beg, dey†, scherif†, tetrarch,
satrap, mandarin, subahdar†, nabob, maharajah; burgrave†; laird &c
(proprietor) 779; collector, commissioner, deputy commissioner, woon†.
the authorities, the powers that be, the government; staff, etat
major [Fr.], aga†, official, man in office, person in authority;
sircar†, sirkar†, Sublime Porte.
[Military authorities] marshal, field marshal, marechal†; general,
generalissimo; commander in chief, seraskier†, hetman†; lieutenant
general, major general; colonel, lieutenant colonel, major, captain,
centurion, skipper, lieutenant, first lieutenant, second lieutenant,
sublieutenant, officer, staff officer, aide-de-camp, brigadier, brigade
major, adjutant, jemidar†, ensign, cornet, cadet, subaltern,
noncommissioned officer, warrant officer; sergeant, sergeant major;
color sergeant; corporal, corporal major; lance corporal, acting
corporal; drum major; captain general, dizdar†, knight marshal, naik†,
pendragon.
[Civil authorities] mayor, mayoralty; prefect, chancellor, archon,
provost, magistrate, syndic; alcalde†, alcaid†; burgomaster, corregidor†,
seneschal, alderman, councilman, committeeman, councilwoman, warden,
constable, portreeve†; lord mayor; officer &c (executive) 965; dewan†,
fonctionnaire [Fr.].
[Naval authorities] admiral, admiralty; rear admiral, vice
admiral, port admiral; commodore, captain, commander, lieutenant,
ensign, skipper, mate, master, officer of the day, OD; navarch†.
Phr. da locum melioribus [Lat.]; der Furst ist der erste Diener seines
Staats [G.], the prince is the first servant of his state; lord of thy
presence and no land beside [King John].