Authority and Operator

Authority

Authority noun - A person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field.

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Operator and authority are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Operator" instead a noun "Authority".

Operator noun - An agent that operates some apparatus or machine.

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Authority and operator are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Authority" instead a noun "Operator".

human	human authority	human operator
old	old authority	old operator
female	female authority	female operator
complete	complete authority	complete operator
Other adjectives: single, corrupt, actual, real, male, new, major, political, military, official, local.

Transmetropolitan: Spider Jerusalem is a switchboard of Berserk Buttons looking for an operator, but god help you if he finds out that you've abused your authority.

Source: Berserk Button / Comics
While the military is reluctant to give trigger-pull authority to a computer, there are many forms of remote-operated gun platforms in development and in service today, controlled by a human operator at a distance.

Source: Sentry Gun
And then there's the time an amateur astronomer spots an asteroid on a collision course with earth and is trying to convince a switchboard operator to transfer him to somebody in authority when big cars with tinted windows pulls up and men in suits and sunglasses come pouring out.

Source: Plausible Deniability

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