Synonyms:
captain, chieftain
Meaning: the leader of a group of people; "a captain of industry"
Usage examples
Take it up and carry it to the chieftain's hall.
Then the chieftain Gundhar struck the earth with his spear and gave his decision.
[Yet bides Earl Douglas on the bent, As Chieftain stout and good, As valiant Captain, all unmov'd The shock he firmly stood.
He forgot, moreover, that Ferdinand had at the head of his armies a tried chieftain, Gonzalvo of Cordova, already known throughout Europe as the great captain, who had won that name in campaigns against the Moors, the Turks, and the Portuguese, and who had the character of being as free from scruple as from fear.