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helmsmen

noun

plural of helmsman
as in leaders
the person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do had a complaint and demanded to talk to the helmsman of this vast construction project, not some underling

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  1. leaders
  2. foremen
  3. bosses
  4. captains
  5. masters
  6. chiefs
  7. managers
  8. directors
Noun
  • Thaci was on trial with three other former KLA leaders who fought Serb forces in the 1998-99 war and are widely regarded as national heroes in Kosovo.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
  • That shift catches most finance and engineering leaders off guard, because by the time the question becomes urgent, there’s already a client waiting, a deadline attached and pressure to just get something working.
    — Nick Chandi, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of leaders
Noun
  • Customers were very important; workers, foremen.
    — Michael Kilian, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
  • For years after that, TCU alums who had served as Ranch Week foremen or queen would proudly include it on resumes, in professional biographies or when running for office.
    — Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2025
Definition of foremen
Noun
  • Stocks tied to the AI boom slumped on Monday after the three biggest AI bosses warned the frantic pace of model development needed to be slowed.
    — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Attend events, reconnect with former colleagues and reach out to former bosses.
    — Michelle Perchuk, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of bosses
Noun
  • Roberts already has earned the respect of players such as senior defender Hutch Stuckert, one of the team’s captains.
    — Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Willis was sacked five times, Achane barely had running lanes and captains Patrick Paul and Aaron Brewer committed back-to-back holding penalties in the second quarter.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of captains
Noun
  • The title refers not only to the horror film my protagonist, Maya, is trying to make, but also to the city’s new masters and to those living in a zombified state of willful ignorance.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
  • This year’s Cannes Film Festival was overstuffed with masters of European and Asian cinema — Hamaguchi, Farhadi, Almodóvar, Kore-eda, Mungiu, Pawlikowski, Zvyagintsev and so on.
    — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of masters
Noun
  • And Newsom has often been an ally to the state’s striving technology industry chiefs.
    — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2026
  • All five service chiefs and 9 in 10 combatant commanders are white men.
    — Jeremiah Favara, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of chiefs
Noun
  • Young professionals send out thousands of applications with no luck, while hiring managers wade through a deluge of candidates for a single job posting.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026
  • In an email exchange, store managers Sara Beattie and Brooke Berlin tell us what museumgoers are buying right now.
    — Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of managers
Noun
  • In the directors’ box, owner-chairman Steve Gibson blows out his cheeks while a euphoric stadium falls over itself with happiness and relief.
    — Michael Walker, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Held at the Busan Cinema Center Roof Theater and the HANMAC Smooooth Lounge, the sessions give audiences a chance to meet directors and cast members from a wide range of Korean and international selections.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of directors
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“Helmsmen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helmsmen. Accessed 21 Sep. 2026.

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