chef d'Etat

Definitions of chef d'Etat
  1. noun
    the chief public representative of a country who may also be the head of government
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    chancelier, premier ministre
    the person who is head of state (in several countries)
    président, président de la République
    the chief executive of a republic
    président, président des Etats Unis
    the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government
    monarque, souverain
    a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right
    ex-président
    a former president
    tsar
    a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917)
    empereur
    the male ruler of an empire
    chah, schah, shah
    title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran
    type of:
    représentant
    a person who represents others
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