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dirigente

Definitions of dirigente
  1. noun
    a person who rules or guides or inspires others
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    antonyms:
    accolito, continuatore, leghista, seguace, seguito
    a person who accepts the leadership of another
    examples:
    Gaio Giulio Cesare Ottaviano
    Roman statesman who established the Roman Empire and became emperor in 27 BC; defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra in 31 BC at Actium (63 BC - AD 14)
    Niccolò Machiavelli
    a statesman of Florence who advocated a strong central government (1469-1527)
    Mao Tse-tung
    Chinese communist leader (1893-1976)
    J. V. Dzugasvili
    Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition (1879-1953)
    Elisabetta I
    Queen of England from 1558 to 1603; daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn; she succeeded Mary I (who was a Catholic) and restored Protestantism to England; during her reign Mary Queen of Scots was executed and the Spanish Armada was defeated; her reign was marked by prosperity and literary genius (1533-1603)
    types:
    capo spirituale, corifeo, leader spirituale, ministro, prete, reverendo, sacerdote
    a leader in religious or sacred affairs
    aristocratico, nobile, patrizio
    a member of the aristocracy
    capitano
    the leader of a group of people
    superuomo
    a person with great powers and abilities
    datore, principale
    a person or firm that employs workers
    capo, leader, padrone
    a person who exercises control and makes decisions
    guida, mentore, timone
    someone who shows the way by leading or advising
    capo, leader, responsabile
    a person who is in charge
    capotribù
    the head of a tribe or clan
    apripista, iniziatore, istigatore, mandante, padre
    a person who initiates a course of action
    aeromodello, eroe
    someone worthy of imitation
    gerarca, politico
    a person active in party politics
    maggiore, superiore
    one of greater rank or station or quality
    allenatore, ammaestratore
    one who trains other persons or animals
    amministratore, ministro
    someone who manages a government agency or department
    offensore
    a confident assertive person who acts as instigator
    noleggiatore
    a person responsible for hiring workers
    manager
    (sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team
    agitatore, arruffapopoli, capopolo, demagogo
    a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices
    governatore
    the head of a state government
    patriarca
    the head of a household or family or tribe
    legislatore
    someone who makes or enacts laws
    padrone
    directs the work of others
    sindaco
    the head of a city government
    apoteosi, mostro
    model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal
    papa, pope
    the head of the Roman Catholic Church
    presidente
    the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization
    principe
    a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
    principessa
    a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign)
    promulgatore
    (law) one who promulgates laws (announces a law as a way of putting it into execution)
    levita, rabbino
    spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation; qualified to expound and apply Jewish law
    ministro, secretario, segretario
    a person who is head of an administrative department of government
    socialista
    a political advocate of socialism
    oratore
    the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly
    alfiere, stendardiere
    an outstanding leader of a political movement
    statista, uomo di stato
    a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs
    controllore, supervisore
    one who supervises or has charge and direction of
    tecnocrate
    an advocate of technocracy
  2. noun
    a person who exercises control and makes decisions
    synonyms: capo, leader, padrone
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    type of:
    capo, capofila, leader, portainsegna
    a person who rules or guides or inspires others
  3. noun
    a person who is in charge
    synonyms: capo, leader, responsabile
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    types:
    amministratore, ministro
    someone who manages a government agency or department
    patriarca
    the head of a household or family or tribe
    ministro, secretario, segretario
    a person who is head of an administrative department of government
    commissario
    a government administrator
    direttore, gerente, gestore, manager
    someone who controls resources and expenditures
    executive
    a person responsible for the administration of a business
    albergatore
    an owner or manager of hotels
    sottosegretario
    a secretary immediately subordinate to the head of a department of government
    type of:
    capo, capofila, leader, portainsegna
    a person who rules or guides or inspires others
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