3
potentate(noun, monarch)
3
superintendent(noun, guide, head, boss, leader)
3
supervisor(noun, head, boss, leader, chief)
3
tribal chief(noun, expression, idiom, chief)
2
emir(noun, prince)
2
gaffer
2
head honcho(noun, expression, head, boss, leader)
2
Mr Big
2
President(noun, guide, head, boss, leader)
2
bossman
2
commandant(noun, superior, judge, master, boss)
2
employer(noun, superior, head, boss, leader)
2
hierarch(noun, person, over)
2
kingpin
2
lord(noun, superior, judge, master, boss)
2
lord paramount(expression, idiom, master)
2
man
2
monarch
2
number one(noun, expression, head, boss, leader)
2
overseer(noun, head, boss, leader, chief)
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