staatshoofd

Definitions of staatshoofd
  1. noun
    the chief public representative of a country who may also be the head of government
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    Victoria
    queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India from 1837 to 1901; the last Hanoverian ruler of England (1819-1901)
    tompoes
    French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821)
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    MP, bondskanselier, kanselier, minister-president, premier, regeringsleider, rijkskanselier
    the person who is head of state (in several countries)
    MP, minister-president, premier, regeringsleider
    the person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom
    president, rector
    the chief executive of a republic
    bondspresident
    the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government
    tsaar
    a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917)
    imperator, keizer, keizerin
    the male ruler of an empire
    dynast, heer, hoogheid, koning, landsheer, landsvorst, majesteit, monarch, vorst, vorstin
    a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
    sjah
    title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran
    type of:
    representant, vertegenwoordiger
    a person who represents others
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