Kingfish
Kingfish noun - One of high position or importance within a group.
Usage example: as a kingfish in the state's political circles, he was accustomed to being courted by presidential hopefuls
Kingpin
Kingpin noun - One of high position or importance within a group.
Usage example: a police sting that nabbed several kingpins of the city's drug trade
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