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head of government

head of government noun: the chief officer of the executive branch of a government, often presiding over a cabinet; usually called Prime Minister (in a parliamentary system) or President (in a presidential system).

Noun

head of government (plural heads of government or (rare) heads of governments)

  1. The chief officer of the executive branch of a government, often presiding over a cabinet; usually called Prime Minister (in a parliamentary system) or President (in a presidential system).

head of government meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Tagalog and Arabic

head of government in Hindi

chief officer of the executive branch of a government
शासनप्रमुख śāsnapramukh

head of government in Tamil

அரசுத் தலைவர்

head of government in Tagalog

chief officer of the executive branch of a government
pinuno ng pamahalaan

head of government in Arabic

chief officer of the executive branch of a government
رَئِيس الحُكُومَة raʔīs al-ḥukūma
More languagesFewer languages
head of government in Malay
ketua kerajaan
head of government in Indonesian
kepala pemerintahan
head of government in Persian
رئیس دولت ra'is-e dowlat

Forms of head of government

pluralheads of government
plural (rare)heads of governments

Questions about head of government

What does head of government mean?
Head of government means the chief officer of the executive branch of a government, often presiding over a cabinet; usually called Prime Minister (in a parliamentary system) or President (in a presidential system).
What is head of government in Hindi?
Head of government in Hindi is शासनप्रमुख (śāsnapramukh). See Head of government meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is head of government?
Head of government is a noun.
What is the plural of head of government?
The plural of head of government is heads of government.

Words near head of government in the dictionary

  1. head men
  2. head money
  3. head movement
  4. head note
  5. head notes
  6. head of government
  7. head of hair
  8. head of household
  9. head of navigation
  10. head of state
  11. head of steam

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Adapted from Wiktionary: head of government (page history and authors); head of government (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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