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navigator(noun, leader, ship, mate, salt)
5
police captain(noun, expression, idiom)
5
run(verb, move, control, drive, maintain)
5
superior(noun, adjective, director)
5
teammate
4
admiral
4
airman(noun, aeronaut)
4
commodore(noun, master)
4
copilot(noun, ship, flier, aviator, aeronaut)
4
engineer(verb, control, run, maintain, use)
4
handle(verb, control, drive, run, maintain)
4
headman
4
headwaiter
4
kingpin(noun, master)
4
maitre d'hotel(noun, expression, idiom)
4
navigate(verb, informal, often)
4
operator(noun, head, effort, leader, chief)
4
oversee(verb, control, order, run, maintain)
4
preside(verb, control, run, maintain, direct)
4
president(noun, authority, guide, head, master)
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