"Supreme Leader" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Supreme Leaders [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=Supreme Leader}} Supreme Leader (plural Supreme Leaders)
  1. The head of state and commander-in-chief of the entire armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, with the authority to dismiss the Iranian president. The Supreme Leader is also the highest-ranking spiritual leader in Iran. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: supreme leader Related terms: velayat-e faqih Translations (head of state of Iran): قَائِد اَلثَّوْرَة اَلْإِسْلَامِيَّة (qāʔid aṯ-ṯawra l-ʔislāmiyya) [masculine] (Arabic), 精神领袖 (jīngshén lǐngxiù) (Chinese Mandarin), religiøse leder [common-gender] (Danish), hoogste leider [masculine] (Dutch), supera gvidanto (Esperanto), Guide suprême [masculine] (French), Oberster Rechtsgelehrter [masculine] (German), ανώτατος ηγέτης (anótatos igétis) [masculine] (Greek), המנהיג העליון [masculine] (Hebrew), रहबर-ए-इंक़िलाब (rahbar-e-iṅqilāb) (Hindi), pemimpin tertinggi (Indonesian), Guida suprema [feminine] (Italian), 最高指導者 (saikō shidōsha) (alt: さいこうしどうしゃ) (Japanese), អគ្គមគ្គុទេសន៍ (ak keak meak ku tes) (Khmer), Pemimpin Agung (Malay), Øverste leder (Norwegian), ولی فقیه در ایران (vali-ye faqih dar irân) (Persian), رهبر جامعه اسلامی (rahbar-e jâme'e-ye eslâmi) (Persian), Najwyższy Przywódca [masculine] (Polish), Najwyższy Prawnik Muzułmański [masculine] (Polish), líder supremo [masculine] (Portuguese), Líder Supremo [masculine] (Portuguese), вы́сший руководи́тель (výsšij rukovodítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), رہبر (rahbar) (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-Supreme_Leader-en-noun-nGklsMA9 Disambiguation of People: 77 23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 98 2 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 96 4 Disambiguation of 'head of state of Iran': 100 0
  2. The highest-ranking member of an organization or country, who has absolute power. Translations (highest-ranking member who has absolute power): 最高領導人 (Chinese Mandarin), 最高领导人 (zuìgāo lǐngdǎorén) (Chinese Mandarin), Chef Suprême [masculine] (French), 最高指導者 (saikō shidōsha) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-Supreme_Leader-en-noun-LJ4LsqcF Disambiguation of 'highest-ranking member who has absolute power': 19 81

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.