| counsellor(noun, person, major, commandant, lawyer) | |
| doyen(noun, person, major, commandant) | |
| drawing card(noun, expression, idiom) | |
| duce | |
| exceller(noun, superior, elect, chosen, cream) | |
| exec(noun, person, authority, guide, head) | |
| explorer | |
| helmsman | |
| hierarch(noun, person, over) | |
| higher-up(noun, superior, boss, chief, director) | |
| innovator | |
| leading(noun, head, master, boss, chief) | |
| leading man(noun, head, master, boss, chief) | |
| mastermind | |
| mistress(noun, person, guide, head, boss) | |
| nabob(noun, important, star, notable, celebrity) | |
| nonpareil | |
| numero uno(noun, expression, master, champion, linchpin) | |
| official(noun, person, authority, head, boss) | |
| pacemaker |
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