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Abbreviation of adjutant. [(military) A lower-ranking officer who assists a higher-ranking officer with administrative affairs.]
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Abbreviation of adjutant. [(military) A lower-ranking officer who assists a higher-ranking officer with administrative affairs.]
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Alternative spelling of adjutant general [A military chief administrative officer.]
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The role or status of adjutant.
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Synonym of alderman in chains
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(historical) An administrative official at universities in several European countries, often with a policiary function at the time when universities had their own jurisdiction over students.
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The public seal of a nation, especially the British Great Seal of the Realm; supreme authority.
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(historical) A court or meeting of a burgh or borough, held three times a year.
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relating to the highest-ranking executives of an organization, who have the word "chief" in their titles (CEO, COO, CFO, etc.)
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(management) The group of officers of a business organization who have the word "chief" in their titles.
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A prominent business person who owns or is the highest-ranking executive of one or more major firms, especially one who has considerable wealth and influence.
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The position or status of castellan.
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(intransitive, informal) To serve as the chief executive officer (CEO) of an organization or company.
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(often with definite article) Chairperson.
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A chairman or chairwoman, someone who presides over a meeting, board, etc.
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A senior royal official in charge of superintending the arrangement of domestic affairs and often charged with receiving and paying out money kept in the royal chamber, especially in the United Kingdom and in Denmark.
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Alternative form of champion-in-chief [Foremost champion; most prominent or important defender.]
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Head of a sports delegation, especially to an international games.
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A leader or head of a group of people, organisation, etc.
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Chief executive officer.
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(business) The highest-ranking corporate officer or executive officer of a corporation, company, or agency, responsible for carrying out the policies of the board of directors on a day-to-day basis; CEO.
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(business) An executive responsible for the overall experience of an organization's products and services.
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(business) The executive who is in charge of financial affairs, notably as head of a financial department, typically directly under the chief executive officer and/or the board who lead the corporation or other organisation as a whole
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An executive who is in charge of the technical affairs of a business, notably as head of the information technology department, typically directly under the chief executive officer and/or the board.
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One who provides leadership in the overall management of large projects or initiatives.
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(business) A corporate officer of a corporation, company, or agency, responsible for executing decisions of the chief executive officer (CEO) according to their decided schedule; often initialised as COO.
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Alternative form of chief technology officer [An executive responsible for the technological development and often the overall technical infrastructure of the products of a business, typically directly accountable to the chief executive officer or the board.]
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Alternative form of chief technology officer [An executive responsible for the technological development and often the overall technical infrastructure of the products of a business, typically directly accountable to the chief executive officer or the board.]
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The building that houses a city's government.
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One of the joint heads of an organization or department.
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(historical) One holding a Bachelor of Arts in Oxford, formerly appointed to superintend some scholastic proceedings in Lent.
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A position of chief authority; a position involving the right or power to order or control.
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(Philippines, historical) A comandancia; a commandery.
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Like or resembling a commander
adj
Characteristic of or befitting a commander
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The position of conductor of an orchestra.
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(obsolete) The district to which a constable's power is limited.
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Obsolete form of constabulary. [Of or relating to constables.]
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Obsolete form of constabulary. [A police force.]
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(obsolete) A constabulary.
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A manager or other executive-level staff member of a corporation or other enterprise.
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(India) A hall used for business, political, or social assemblies, such as a magistrate's court or a building housing a public agency.
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(management) “chief X officer”, with X as functional placeholder (finance, operating etc.)
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(historical) A soldier commanding ten men.
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(uncountable, dated) The spreading use of the Euro as currency in countries that have not officially adopted it.
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The most senior civil servant in the United States Foreign Service, with responsibility for running an embassy under the authority of and reporting to the ambassador.
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The executive or policymaking officers of an organization.
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(Commonwealth) The official residence of a Governor-General.
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(informal) Boss, employer, similar to gaffer.
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(Singapore) A government-appointed volunteer who serves in an organisation with the main purpose of bridging the gap between the Singapore Government and the people.
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Alternative form of head coach [The highest ranking coach of a coaching staff.]
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The role or status of headman.
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executive, the highest in command
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Obsolete form of intendant. [(UK) The administrator of an opera house or theater.]
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(Canada, government) The representative of the Crown in the provincial legislatures of Canada.
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the chief executive of a limited company
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The chief executive of the national mint corporation in charge of coining coinage of legal coin tender.
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A building where people meet for a purpose.
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The chair or president of a meeting, etc.
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Alternative letter-case form of Postmaster General [A postmaster responsible for an entire mail distribution organization (usually sponsored by a national government).]
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Primary leader of a corporation. Not to be confused with CEO, which is a related but separate position that is sometimes held by a different person.
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(Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand) The chief administrator of a school.
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(fencing, historical) An assistant fencing master.
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(military) The person in charge of a group of military police; now usually a senior commissioned officer.
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(Canada, politics, informal, sometimes capitalized) The assembly hall in which the Senate of Canada convenes; (metonymically) the Senate of Canada itself.
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Alternative spelling of second-in-command [Somebody ranking next below a commander.]
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(law, historical) An urban servitude in Ancient Rome, where a proprietor was not allowed to build to the extremity of his estate, but must leave a space regulated by the charter by which the property was held, so as not to throw the eavesdrop on the land of his neighbour.
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The office or rank of subdean.
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The vicegerent of a prior; a claustral officer who assists the prior.
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A sacristan's assistant or secretary.
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(by extension) The town council
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(UK politics) The front bench in the House of Commons.
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A person who takes on the responsibilities of a chairman in his absence
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A person who takes on the responsibilities of a chairperson in their absence; vice chair
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An assistant principal or deputy headteacher.
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The part of the White House that houses the offices of the president of the United States.
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