chief of state

Other forms: chiefs of state

Definitions of chief of state
  1. noun
    the chief public representative of a country who may also be the head of government
    synonyms: head of state
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    chancellor, premier, prime minister
    the person who is head of state (in several countries)
    PM, Prime Minister, premier
    the person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom
    president
    the chief executive of a republic
    Chief Executive, President, President of the United States, United States President
    the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government
    crowned head, monarch, sovereign
    a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right
    ex-president
    a former president
    Capetian
    a member of the Capetian dynasty
    Carlovingian, Carolingian
    a member of the Carolingian dynasty
    czar, tsar, tzar
    a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917)
    emperor
    the male ruler of an empire
    Rex, king, male monarch
    a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
    Merovingian
    a member of the Merovingian dynasty
    Shah, Shah of Iran, shah
    title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran
    taoiseach
    the prime minister of the Irish Republic
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    representative
    a person who represents others
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