Chief and Lord

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Chief noun - The person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do.

Usage example: our chief is out on a business trip right now

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Lord is a synonym for chief in person topic. In some cases you can use "Lord" instead a noun "Chief", when it comes to topics like head.

Nearby Word: chiefly

Lord noun - A person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field.

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Chief is a synonym for lord in master topic. Sometimes you can use "Chief" instead a noun "Lord", if it concerns topics such as ruler, industrialist.

Nearby Words: lordly, lordliness, lordship, lording, lorded

female	female chief	female lord
rival	rival chief	rival lord
current	current chief	current lord
original	original chief	original lord
Other adjectives: many, dead, corrupt, notorious, brutal, actual, real, main, respected, new, late, former, mysterious, next, local, previous, aforementioned, northern.

And in Snuff, the radical blacksmith Jefferson picks a fight with Vimes, the hated symbol of authority on two levels (police chief and Lord of the Manor) for exactly this reason.

Source: Inherent in the System
God in The Bible is given metaphors like "father", "king", "lord of hosts", "judge" and so on which makes one conclude that Hebrews thought of Him as being like a tribal chieftain combining familial, political, judiciary, military and other functions much as a human chief would.

Source: The Patriarch
Jon Snow arranges her marriage to a barbarian chief who would make a more manageable lord of Karhold, creating a new House, Thenn.

Source: Heir-In-Law

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