gen. A person (predominantly, a man) having authority, direction or control over the action of another or others; a director, leader, chief…

= sheppend, n. Also (rarely) one who has control over.

One who commands. One who has the control or disposal of anything.

Originally Scottish. A person who conveys, conducts, or transports something or someone; a guide, an escort. Also: †a manager (obsolete).

A person who or thing which exercises control; = controller, n. 4. Obsolete.

A person who restrains, regulates, or directs people or things; a person who exercises control.

an official exercising overall responsibility for something, esp. expenditure.

A person who or thing which restrains, restricts, or controls someone or something. Cf. bridle, v. 1.

an official exercising overall responsibility, esp. for expenditure; = controller-general n. at controller, n. compounds.

One who regulates or governs; a controller, manager, director, ruler: see dispose, v. 2 7.

A person who controls, directs, or overrules others; one who holds supreme authority. Also figurative.

slang. Originally: the head of an Oxford College or Hall (obsolete). Subsequently gen.: one who is in charge, a chief or head; also, an expert. Cf…