Title

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For other uses of title, refer to Title (disambiguation).

A title is a prefix or suffix added to a person's name to signify either veneration, an official position or a professional or academic qualification.

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Professional and academic titles

Professor Emeritus

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Supernatural Titles

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Hypothetical Titles

While never actually used as prefixes, the following are often used to describe a leader when their actual title is less explanatory.

Anarch
Aristocrat
Autocrat
Demagogue
Democrat
Dictator
Monarch
Oligarch
Plutocrat
Sovereign
Technocrat
Theocrat
Tyrant
Warlord (the assumed feminine of this would be Warlady, although cultural norms are such that women are never described in this way)

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Titles for Heads of State

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Current

Titles actually in use by Heads of State in the World today.

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Appointed

Indovuzaki (Translates as Great She Elephant)

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Elected or Popularly Proclaimed

Chairman (from which comes Vice Chairman)
Colonel (from which comes Lieutenant Colonel)
Pope
President (from which comes such titles as Deputy President, Executive Vice President, Lord President of the Council, and Vice President)
Regent (The biarchs of San Marino are titled Captains Regent. From this term also came the historical title Prince Regent.)

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Hereditary

Chief (From this come Chief of Staff, Chieftain, Clan Chief, Hereditary Chief, and War Chief. The present head of Samoa is titled a Paramount Chief.)
Duke (The feminine form is Duchess. An historical variation on this is Archduchess. The head of state of Luxembourg is titled a Grand Duke.)
Emir
Emperor (The feminine form is Empress, from which comes Dowager Empress)
King (from which come the historical terms High King and King of Arms. The feminine equivalent is Queen.)
Leader (The head of state of North Korea is titled Great Leader. The de facto head of state of Iran is titled Supreme Leader. Related terms are Squadron Leader and Team Leader.)
Prince (From which comes Crown Prince. The feminine form is Princess.)
Sultan

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Historical Titles for Heads of State

The following are no longer officially in use, though some may be claimed by former regnal dynasties.

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Appointed

Caesar (an honorific family name passed through Roman emperors by adoption)
Legate
Tetrarch

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Honorary Titles Granted by Heads of State

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Current

Raja (Still officially retained by members of India's princely families, although without the former prerogatives. From this term comes Maharaja. The feminine equivalents are Rani and Maharani.)
Consort (The husband of Britain's queen is known as the Prince Consort.)
Queen's Body Guard and various other elite guard forces throughout the World
Camarlengo
Chamberlain (from which come the titles Grand Chamberlain, Lord Chamberlain, and Lord Great Chamberlain)
Champion (mostly archaic, but the United Kingdom does still maintain an official Queen's Champion)
Marshal (from which came Air Chief Marshal, Air Marshal, Air Vice Marshal, Earl Marshal, Field Marshal, Grand Marshal, Hereditary Marshal, and Riech Marshal)
Aide-de-camp
Equerry
Marquis (the feminine equivalent is Marchioness or Marquise)
Countess (the masculine equivalent is Earl, from which came Earl Palatine. Viscount and Viscountess come from the same root as Countess.)
Baron (The feminine equivalent is Baroness. A related term is Baronet.)
Chevalier
Dame (The French term of respect Madame came from the same root. The masculine equivalent of a Dame is a Knight, although a Knight uses the title Sir rather than Knight before his name. Some knights, such as a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter or Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, place their full title after their name.)
Jonkheer
Lady (from which come First Lady and the anachronistic Second Lady. The masculine equivalent of Lady is Lord, from which come First Sea Lord and Lord of the Manor.)

Honorable (from which comes Right Honorable)

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Historical

Augusta (The masculine equivalent is Augustus.)
Knyaz
Comes
Concubine (The Chinese imperial system, for instance, had a vastly complex hierarchy of titled concubines and wives to the emperor, too lengthy to treat here.)
Ras (which translates as Head)
Bitwoded (translates as Beloved)
Fitawrari (translates as Leader of the Vanguard)
Dejazmach (translates as Commander of the Gate)
Kenyazmach (translates as Commander of the Right)
Gerazmach (translates as Commander of the Left)
Graf (roughly a German equivalent to the English Earl, but broken down into Altgraf, Burggraf, Freigraf, Landgraf, Markgraf, Pfalzgraf, Raugraf, Reichsgraf, Rheingraf, Vizegraf, and Wildgraf. The feminine equivalent of a Graf is a Gräfin.)
Gentleman (used as a title is such forms as Gentleman at Arms, Gentleman of the Bedchamber, and Gentleman Usher. The feminine equivalent of a Gentleman is a Gentlewoman.)
Don (the feminine equivalent is Doña)
Sahib

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Fictional

Damsel (used extensively in fairytales to describe young women who would appear to be a sort of feminine equivalent to a Squire. It is from Squire that the aftername superlative Esquire is taken.)

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