head of state

noun

1. the person who holds the highest position in a national government:

   a meeting of heads of state.

Example Sentences

And the new star of the G-8 summit, the woman whose name was on everyone's lips, wasn't even invited to the head-of-state affair.

From The Daily Beast

He answered each question with a head-of-state sort of deliberateness.

From The Daily Beast

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