chief (noun)
121chief of staff — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms chief of staff : singular chief of staff plural chiefs of staff 1) the most senior officer in the army, navy, or air force 2) mainly American someone whose job is to manage the people who work for a government… …
122chief — [13] Etymologically, the chief is the ‘head’. The word comes via Old French chef or chief and Vulgar Latin *capum from Latin caput ‘head’. The adjectival use is equally as old as the noun use in English. Other English offshoots of *capum are cape …
123chief executive — /tʃi:f ɪg zekjυtɪv/, chief executive officer /tʃi:f ɪg zekjυtɪv ˌɒfɪsə/ noun US the most important director in charge of a company. Abbreviation CEO …
124chief — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. chieftain, leader, president; captain, commander, general; superior, foreman, overseer; elder. See authority. adj. principal, foremost, leading, supreme. See importance. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn.… …
125chief commissioner — /tʃif kəˈmɪʃənə/ (say cheef kuh mishuhnuh) noun 1. (in some administrations) the head of a government administrative body, as a department, section of a department, or statutory authority. 2. the head of certain police forces …
126chief constable — /tʃif ˈkʌnstəbl/ (say cheef kunstuhbl) noun British a police officer who is the head of a county or other police force, responsible ultimately to the home secretary …
127chief justice — /tʃif ˈdʒʌstəs/ (say cheef justuhs) noun the senior justice of any court who presides over that court …
128chief minister — /tʃif ˈmɪnəstə/ (say cheef minuhstuh) noun (in Australia) the leader of the government of a self governing territory …
