head_of_state (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *head of state*:
NOUN	person	head of state, chief of state	the chief public representative of a country who may also be the head of government

English > *head of state*: 1 sense > noun 1, person
Meaning	The chief public representative of a country who may also be the head of government.
Synonym	chief of state
Narrower	President of the United States, United States President, President, Chief Executive	The person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government
	Prime Minister, PM, premier	The person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom
	chancellor, premier, prime minister	The person who is head of state (in several countries)
	president	The chief executive of a republic
	sovereign, crowned head, monarch	A nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right
Broader	representative	A person who represents others
Spanish	jefe de estado, jefe de Estado, mandatario
Catalan	cap d'estat, primer mandatari

HyperDic: head_of_state