Title or Rank
- Chief of the Name, head of a family or clan
- Chief executive officer, the highest-ranking corporate officer of an organization
- Chief Master Sergeant, in the United States Air Force
- Chief of police, the head of a police department
- Chief petty officer, a non-commissioned officer or equivalent in many navies
- Chief of the Boat, the senior enlisted sailor on an U.S. Navy submarine
- Chief engineer, the highest senior officer in the engine department on a merchant vessel
- Chief officer, the highest senior officer in the deck department on a merchant vessel
- Commander-in-chief, the commander of a nation's military forces or significant element of those forces
- Editor-in-chief, the highest-ranking editor of a publication
- Fire chief, top rank in a fire department
- Paramount chief, the highest-level traditional chief or political leader in a polity
- Scottish clan chief, the head of a Scottish clan
- Tribal chief, the head of a tribal form of self-government
- Warrant officer, in the United States Army
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Famous quotes containing the words title or, title and/or rank:
“I wish not to be given a title or an appointed position. I can and will do more good if I were made a Federal Agent at Large, and I will help best by doing it my way through my communications with people of all ages. First and Foremost I am an entertainer but all I need is the Federal Credentials.”
—Elvis Presley (1935–1977)
“Et in Arcadia ego.
[I too am in Arcadia.]”
—Anonymous, Anonymous.
Tomb inscription, appearing in classical paintings by Guercino and Poussin, among others. The words probably mean that even the most ideal earthly lives are mortal. Arcadia, a mountainous region in the central Peloponnese, Greece, was the rustic abode of Pan, depicted in literature and art as a land of innocence and ease, and was the title of Sir Philip Sidney’s pastoral romance (1590)
“My rank is the highest known in Switzerland: I am a free citizen.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)