Chief
Chief noun - The main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts.
Nearby Word: chiefly
Exec
Exec noun - A person who manages or directs something.
Usage example: a restaurant where the city's top execs like to have power lunches
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- Honor considers this dynamic between an exec and a captain (or an admiral and their chief of staff) critical to a good command.
Source: The Lancer / Literature -
Dragon-in-Chief: Roland Tembo, the chief hunter on InGen exec Peter Ludlow's expedition, instantly makes it clear that while they're on the island, Roland is in charge (or Ajay and then Stark when he's not around), not his employer.
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Seagal chases after the chief exec insisting it can be done, but the irony is that he's chasing him in a very action-movie fashion, only transposed to a golf course (beating up minions, a car chase in golf carts).
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