leader; head; chief(племени, клана); chieftain(клана, племени); headman(племени); standard-bearer; supremo; cacique(comment by Liv Bliss: derived from the Taino word for the pre-Columbian chiefs or leaders of tribes in the Bahamas, Greater Antilles, and the northern Lesser Antilles" --in other words, not North American.); vozhd([Russian vozhd'.] A leader, a person in supreme authority; spec. (Hist.) Stalin. SOED Alexander Demidov); overlord(Liv Bliss); war leader(военный Taras)
