10
chief(noun, person, leader, director, major)
9
boss(noun, leader, director)
9
leader(noun, person, director, major, superstar)
6
conductor(noun, director)
6
agitator(noun, person, leader, radical, director)
6
demagogue(noun, radical, director, disobedience, partisan)
5
captain(noun, leader, director)
5
bellwether(noun, director)
5
instigator(noun, leader, radical, operative, partisan)
5
troublemaker(noun, leader, radical, operative, partisan)
4
commander(noun, leader, director)
4
firebrand(noun, radical, operative, partisan, mastermind)
4
fugleman(noun, director)
4
general(noun, superior, leader, director, major)
4
head(noun, leader)
4
inciter(noun, leader, radical, partisan, reactionary)
4
master(noun, leader, director, major, commandant)
3
agent provocateur(noun, expression, idiom, agent)
3
chieftain(noun, leader)
3
director(noun, director)
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