chief of state

Examples

• All

• During such times, we rely on our presidents to function as our chiefs of state, to combine symbolic actions with words that comfort, rally, and help define the moment.

  Academic text (2003)

• Then I suggest a meeting of all the chiefs of state.

  The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

• The people intervene to choose a chief of state, and at this level only does it become the source of power.

  Academic text (1996)

• Too bad for me: within six years she was to become Latin America's first woman chief of state.

  Academic text (1993)

• The formal treaty documents would be signed by the chiefs of state and/or foreign ministers in several days.

  Fiction book (1991)

• As noted earlier, much of the explanation for Bush's remarkably high approval ratings in the aftermath of September 11 lies in the president's role as chief of state, the living symbol of national unity.

  Academic text (2003)

• Manfred Gerlach, a leader in the Liberal Democratic Party, even assumed Honecker's (and Krenz's) former role as chief of state (Chairperson of the State Council).

  Academic text (1990)

• The chiefs of state of Israel, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, the Soviet Union, the United States of America, and their host, Italy, arrayed themselves around a massive 15th-century table, punctuated with their chief diplomats and representatives of the Vatican and the Eastern Orthodox Church.

  Fiction book (1991)

• The president serves as chief of state, representing the country in diplomatic matters.

• At the summit, each chief of state presented their plans for economic cooperation.

Synonyms

H

head of state

vschief of state

• Formal

49 3.5

A country's main public leader, like a president or king

means the same but uses an alternative phrasing for that office

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology