Helmsman
Helmsman noun - The person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do.
Usage example: had a complaint and demanded to talk to the helmsman of this vast construction project, not some underling
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Headman and helmsman are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Headman" instead a noun "Helmsman".
Nearby Word: helm
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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