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(finance) An angel investor.
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(now historical) A chaperone or travelling tutor to a wealthy young man while travelling abroad.
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Alternative form of barmaster [(historical) A local judge among miners.]
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A person who oversees and directs the work of others; a supervisor.
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(historical, military) A former low rank of various armed services; a holder of this rank.
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(UK, mining, historical) An officer who directs and lays out the meres or boundaries for the workers.
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The manager of caddies and head caddie at a golf course.
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The person in charge of a camp.
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(UK) A person who is in charge of a small group of workers; a lesser foreman.
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A worker who is in charge; the leader.
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(Britain) A uniformed doorman.
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One holding the lowest rank in most Commonwealth police forces. (See also chief constable.)
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Obsolete form of constabulary. [A police force.]
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One who is skilled in a craft or trade.
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A leader who understands a project's mission, knows his team and their individual skills, and leads by example
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A general manager or factotum.
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(management, derogatory) Someone in a responsible position who performs relatively menial tasks for a senior manager.
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(chess) A player ranking just below master.
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(management) The leader of a work crew.
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a person who employs, and directs the labour of, temporary or migratory labourers, especially for seasonal agricultural work
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Obsolete form of guardian. [Someone who guards, watches over, or protects.]
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The leader of a groupwork session.
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(figuratively) A person who watches over another.
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(Ireland, informal) A police officer.
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(Britain, slang, derogatory) A reader of the Guardian newspaper, regarded as middle-class, excessively liberal and politically correct, etc.
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(India) The person who is in charge of something; an employee with responsibility for a department of a company; a manager, supervisor.
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(slang, humorous) J. Edgar Hoover, first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
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Alternative spelling of job master [(UK, historical) A keeper of a livery stable who lets (rents) out horses and carriages by the week or month.]
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An employee of vital importance to a business.
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A person in charge of a key or keys.
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(South Africa, historical, slang) A newly deputized constable in the South African police during the last days of apartheid; they were noted for their zealousness and lack of procedure. Their official name was special policeman.
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(informal) An officer of the law: a law-enforcement officer.
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an animal placed in advance of others, especially on a team of horse, oxen, or dogs
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(Canada) A supervising worker.
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The male leader of a group of workers, who reports to a supervisor.
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Obsolete spelling of leadsman (obsolete lodesman sense). [(obsolete) lodesman (a leader or guide)]
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A master of a specific trade or craft who may employ and train apprentices.
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(historical) A master craftsman, often employing apprentices or journeymen.
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A person responsible for the highest level of planning and execution of a major operation.
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Obsolete form of master. [Someone who has control over something or someone.]
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Someone who leads groups on mountain climbs and hikes after having been trained and receiving a qualification.
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A soldier or a subordinate civil officer who executes orders of a superior without protest or pity (sometimes applied to bailiffs, constables, etc).
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Abbreviation of office lady (Japanese wasei eigo)
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A person who supervises others; a supervisor, especially in a mine.
adj
White-collar; working at a desk job as opposed to manual labor.
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(motor racing) The supervisor of the maintenance pit crew of a driver.
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Alternative form of pit boss [(mining, dated) A direct overseer of laborers in a mining operation.]
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(figuratively) A central or key person; someone around whom a particular project etc. rotates.
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The person in charge of an animal pound.
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A person in charge of cinematic props.
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(figuratively, by extension) A person who controls other people and/or events.
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Alternative form of ringleader [A leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group.]
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(figuratively) To control (a group of people).
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The second-lowest rank in the Boy Scouts of America, between tenderfoot and first class.
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the person who leads a shift (at a job)
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Obsolete form of soldier. [A member of a ground-based army, of any rank.]
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Obsolete form of soldier. [A member of a ground-based army, of any rank.]
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The person in charge of a stable.
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Someone responsible for organizing an event
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(US) A worker acting as a supervisor of other workers.
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(informal) A very successful or talented boss in a work environment.
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(management) A person who can function effectively with others in a group, sharing information and striving towards a common goal.
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The person who is in charge, rather than a lackey or representative.
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(colloquial) The head or chief of an organization.
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A subordinate gamekeeper.
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A governing official in various institutions
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The superintendent of a hospital ward.
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(archaic) Master workman; overseer; employer of workmen.
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