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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Skipper
Skipper noun - A person in overall command of a ship.
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Headman and skipper are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Headman" instead a noun "Skipper".
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