Headman
Headman noun - The person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do.
Usage example: as headman at the newspaper 20 years ago, he hired the then-promising young reporter who won this year's Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting
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Lord
Lord noun - A person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field.
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| young | young headman | young lord |
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In The Death Gate Cycle, the leader of a Patryn community is alwaysnote with the notable exception of Lord Xar, who is a special case titled as "headman", regardless if that person is a man or a woman.
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The only character to undoubtedly die in the cartoon was the drug lord Headman, who overdosed on the drugs he was selling at the end of the "Greatest Evil" two-parter written to cash-in on the "War on Drug" hysteria.
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Nobody Can Die: The only character to undoubtedly die in the main series (as opposed to its Early Installment Weirdness pilot) was the drug lord Headman, who overdosed on the drugs he was selling at the end of the "Greatest Evil" two-parter written to cash-in on the "War on Drug" hysteria.
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