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Noun: Chief Executive
  1. The person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government
    "the Chief Executive likes to jog every morning";
    - President of the United States, United States President, President, POTUS [US, informal]
     
  2. The office of the United States head of state
    "a Chief Executive is elected every four years";
    - President of the United States, President, POTUS [US, informal]

Derived forms: Chief Executives

Type of: chief of state, head of state, presidency, presidentship

Part of: executive branch, Executive Office of the President

Encyclopedia: Chief Executive