higher-up
muckamuck
vice
high muckamuck
senior
dignitary
king of the castle
magnate
underling
father
superoverlord
the organ grinder, not the monkey
authority figure
figurehead
magnifico
titleholder
power behind the throne
officer
dominance
elitist
public servant
stuffed shirt
constituter
Kaiser
appointee
appointment
kingmaker
notability
meister
grand poobah
officeholder
supercrat
presider
bossling
sovereign
follower
god
commander
inferior
supreme
retainer
nonattender
execrator
ranker
military officer
empty suit
eminence
no-show
truant
hierarch
big wheel
appointer
spear carrier
meritocrat
candidate
prospect
nonsubordinate
jumped-up
puisne
nonequal
nonincumbent
big daddy
heretog
stratocrat
disponent
dictator
ex cathedra
tsar
high
free spirit
official
better
peon
predecessor
archon
king
best
leaper
educrat
civil authority
poobah
jack of all trades, master of none
second fiddle
highman
lord
nobleman
civil officer
lesser mortal
discriminator
dignity
overlord
master
bounder
high-level
run away with