A leader engaged in civil administration.
Roget 700:
proficient,
expert,
adept,
dab;
dabster†,
crackerjack;
connoisseur
etc.
(scholar)
492;
master,
master hand;
prima donna [Sp.],
first fiddle,
top gun,
chef de cuisine,
top sawyer;
protagonist;
past master;
mahatma.
picked man;
medallist,
prizeman†.
veteran;
old stager,
old campaigner,
old soldier,
old file,
old hand;
man of business,
man of the world.
nice hand,
good hand,
clean hand;
practiced hand,
experienced eye,
experienced hand;
marksman;
good shot,
dead shot,
crack shot;
ropedancer,
funambulist†,
acrobat;
cunning man;
conjuror
etc.
(deceiver)
548;
wizard
etc.
994.
genius;
mastermind,
master head,
master spirit.
cunning blade,
sharp blade,
sharp fellow;
jobber;
cracksman
etc.
(thief)
792†;
politician,
tactician,
strategist.
pantologist†,
admirable Crichton,
Jack of all trades;
prodigy of learning.
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Roget 737b:
politics;
political science;
candidacy,
campaign,
campaigning,
electioneering;
partisanship,
ideology,
factionalism.
election,
poll,
ballot,
vote,
referendum,
recall,
initiative,
voice,
suffrage,
plumper,
cumulative vote,
plebiscitum [Lat.],
plebiscite,
vox populi;
electioneering;
voting
etc.
v.;
elective franchise;
straight ticket [U.S.];
opinion poll,
popularity poll.
issue;
opinion,
stand,
position;
program,
platform;
party line.
[ideologies]
democracy,
republicanism;
communism,
statism,
state socialism;
socialism;
conservatism,
toryism;
liberalism,
whigism;
theocracy;
constitutional monarchy.
[political parties]
party
etc.
712;
[U.S: Political parties list],
Democratic Party,
Republican Party,
Socialist Party;
Communist Party;
[U.S. defunct parties: list],
Federalist Party,
Bull Moose Party,
Abolitionist Party;
[Germany: list],
Christian Democratic Party,
Social Democratic Party;
National Socialist Worker's Party;
[Germany, 1930-1945],
Nazi Party;
[Great Britain:list],
Liberal Party,
Labor Party,
Conservative Party.
ticket,
slate.
[person active in politics]
politician
activist;
[specific politicians: list],
candidate,
aspirant,
hopeful,
office-seeker,
front-runner,
dark horse,
long shot,
shoo-in;
supporter,
backer,
political worker,
campaign worker;
lobbyist,
contributor;
party hack,
ward heeler;
regional candidate,
favorite son;
running mate,
stalking horse;
perpetual candidate,
political animal.
political contribution,
campaign contribution;
political action committee,
PAC.
political district,
electoral division,
electoral district,
bailiwick.
electorate,
constituents.
get-out-the-vote campaign,
political education.
negative campaigning,
dirty politics,
smear campaign.
[unsuccessful candidate]
also-ran,
loser;
has-been.
[successful candidate]
office holder,
official,
occupant of a position;
public servant,
incumbent;
winner.
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Roget 694:
director,
manager,
governor,
rector,
comptroller.
superintendent,
supervisor,
straw boss;
intendant;
overseer,
overlooker†;
supercargo†,
husband,
inspector,
visitor,
ranger,
surveyor,
aedile†;
moderator,
monitor,
taskmaster;
master
etc.
745;
leader,
ringleader,
demagogue,
corypheus,
conductor,
fugleman†,
precentor†,
bellwether,
agitator;
caporal†,
choregus†,
collector,
file leader,
flugelman†,
linkboy†.
guiding star
etc.
(guidance)
693;
adviser
etc.
695;
guide
etc.
(information)
527;
pilot;
helmsman;
steersman,
steermate†;
wire-puller.
driver,
whip,
Jehu,
charioteer;
coachman,
carman,
cabman;
postilion,
vetturino†,
muleteer,
arriero†,
teamster;
whipper in.
head,
head man,
head center,
boss;
principal,
president,
speaker;
chair,
chairman,
chairwoman,
chairperson;
captain
etc.
(master)
745;
superior;
mayor
etc.
(civil authority)
745;
vice president,
prime minister,
premier,
vizier,
grand vizier,
eparch†.
officer,
functionary,
minister,
official,
red-tapist†,
bureaucrat;
man in office,
Jack in office;
office bearer;
person in authority
etc.
745.
statesman,
strategist,
legislator,
lawgiver,
politician,
statist†,
statemonger†;
Minos,
Draco;
arbiter
etc.
(judge)
967;
boss [U.S.],
political dictator.
board
etc.
(council)
696.
secretary,
secretary of state;
Reis Effendi;
vicar
etc.
(deputy)
759;
steward,
factor;
agent
etc.
758;
bailiff,
middleman;
foreman,
clerk of works;
landreeve†;
factotum,
major-domo†,
seneschal,
housekeeper,
shepherd,
croupier;
proctor,
procurator.
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