faction leader
Group's top figure
A faction leader is the person who heads a faction—a subgroup within a larger organization, often one pursuing its own agenda or competing for influence.
The term appears in politics, where faction leaders rally supporters within parties, and in gaming, where they command in-game groups: The faction leader called for a vote against the party's official platform.
She chose to align with the rebel faction leader.
- warlordMilitary ruler by force
- rebelAuthority defier
- chieftainLeader of a tribe
- insurgentOne who revolts
- armed resistanceOrganized violent opposition
ringleader · commander · breakaway group · dissident · figurehead · cult of personality · revolutionary · strongman · shadow government · separatist · true believer · zealot · demagogue · sworn enemy · coup · regime change · uprising · manifesto
- NPCsNPC, merchant, guard, villager, shopkeeper
- party leadersparty chair, party boss, party chief, party secretary, general secretary
faction leaderunifier
One who consolidates
peacemaker · reconciler · mediator · harmonizer · coalition builder
faction leadersupreme leader
Highest-ranking authoritarian figure
head of state · party leader · president · chairman · chief executive
faction leaderfollower
One who supports another
rank and file · foot soldier · adherent · subordinate · loyalist
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