Titles

Professional and academic titles
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• Advocate

• Bailiff

• Barrister

• CGA

• Certified Public Accountant [CPA]

• Chartered Accountant [CA]

• Coach

• Engineer

• Civil Engineer

• Electrical engineers

• D.O.

• DDS

• DMD

• Doctor

• EurChem

• Eur Ing

• Ing.Ingenieur

• Graduate

• Judge

• Lecturer

• MBA

• M.D.

• D.P.M.

• MSN

• Notary

• Officer

• PA, RPA, PA-C or RPA-C

• P.Eng.

• Professor

• Professor Emeritus

• Ph.D.

• Queen's Counsel

• Reader

• RN

Religious & spiritual titles

• Anax

• Apostle (example)

• Blessed

• Bodhisattva

• Buddha

• Christ

• Demiurge

• Imam

• Mahdi

• Messiah

• Nath

• Prophet

• Saint

• Saoshyant

• Tirthankar

• Venerable

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Titles for heads of state

Current

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

Appointed

• Indovuzaki (translates as Great She Elephant)

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.)

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 Archduke. 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

Historical titles for heads of state

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

Appointed

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

• Legate

• Tetrarch

Elected or popularly declared

• Archon

• Caudillo

• Consul

• Decemvir

• Doge

• Duce

• Führer

• Imperator

• Lord Protector

• Triumvir

Hereditary

• Basileus

• Caliph

• Khagan

• Khan

• Malik

• Nawab

• Negus

• Pharaoh

• Regina (the masculine form is Rex)

• Saopha

• Sapa Inca

• Shah

• Tsar

Fictional titles for heads of state

• Alpha

• Anarch

• Tisroc

Honorary titles granted by heads of state

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 Reich 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 (female equivalent Viscountess, 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)

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)

• 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)

• Hidalgo

• Don (the feminine equivalent is Doña)

• Sahib

Executive branch of government and other sub-national rulers

Currently in use

• Abbess (the masculine equivalent is Abbot)

• Acolyte

• Admiral (from which come Grand Admiral, Lord High Admiral, Rear Admiral, and Vice Admiral)

• Adjutant

• Agent

• Agister

• Almoner (from which comes Lord High Almoner)

• Ambassador

• Attaché

• Awoamefia

• Bishop (from which come Archbishop, Boy Bishop, Lord Archbishop, Metropolitan Bishop, and Prince Bishop)

• Brigadier

• Canon

• Cantor

• Captain (from which comes Group Captain)

• Chancellor (from which come Lord Chancellor and Vice Chancellor)

• Chaplain

• Chargé d'affaires

• Cock o' the North

• Commander (from which come Commander-in-Chief, Lieutenant Commander, and Wing Commander)

• Commissioner (from which come First Church Estates Commissioner and High Commissioner)

• Commodore (from which comes Air Commodore)

• Comptroller (from which Comptroller General and Comptroller of the Household)

• Constable (from which come Lord High Constable and Senior Constable)

• Corporal (from which come Lance Corporal and Staff Corporal)

• Courtier

• Curator

• Custos

• Deacon (from which comes Archdeacon)

• Dean

• Denkyerahene

• Docent

• Doyen

• Druid (the United Kingdom now has an official Archdruid)

• Edohen

• Ekegbian

• Elder

• Elerunwon

• Envoy

• Eze

• Father (from which comes Father of the Nation)

• Fon

• Foreman

• Forester (such as the United Kingdom's Master Forester)

• General is usually used as a sort of shorthand for "general military commander". The term's far-reaching connotation has provoked its use in a very broad range of titles, including Adjutant General, Attorney General, Captain General, Colonel General, Director General, Generalissimo, General of the Army, Governor General, Lieutenant General, Lord Justice General, Major General, Resident General, Secretary General, Solicitor General, Surgeon General and Vicar General

• Gentiluomo

• Governor (from which comes Lieutenant Governor)

• Headman

• Herald of Arms

• Intendant (and the related Superintendent)

• Keeper, such as the British queen's Keeper of the Great Seal, and Keeper of the Prince's Privy Seal

• Lama and the related Dalai Lama and Panchen Lama

• Lamido

• Librarian

• Lieutenant (from which come First Lieutenant, Flight Lieutenant and Lord Lieutenant)

• Major

• Manager (from which comes General Manager)

• Marcher such as the current Lady Marcher in the United Kingdom

• Mate, more often titled as Chief Mate or First Mate

• Matriarch (the masculine equivalent is Patriarch)

• Mayor and related terms such as Lady Mayoress or Lord Mayor

• Minister from which come Prime Minister and a very long list of specific designations in the form "Minister of..."

• Mother (from which come Mother Superior, Queen Mother, and Reverend Mother)

• Msiri

• Mwami

• Nizam

• Oba

• Obi

• Obong

• Officer, a generic sort of title which has become hugely popular in recent years in a wide array of mostly corporate and military titles.

• Oliha

• Olowo

• Olu

• Oni

• Prefect

• Prelate

• Premier

• Presbyter

• Priest (from which comes High Priest. The feminine equivalent is Priestess.)

• Primate

• Principal

• Prior (from which comes Lord Prior)

• Provost

• Pursuivant

• Queen's Remembrancer

• Rangatira

• Ranger

• Rector (from which come Lord Rector and Rector Magnificus)

• Registrar (in a variant spelling in the title Lord Clerk Register)

• Risaldar

• Sachem

• Sagamore

• Searcher of the Sanctuary

• Secretary (from which come Cardinal Secretary of State, Foreign Secretary, General Secretary, and Secretary of State, as well as a long list of other titles in the form "Secretary of..." in which Secretary means the same thing as Minister)

• Seigneur (from which come Monsignor and the French common polite term Monsieur)

• Sergeant (from which come Sergeant at Mace and Sergeant of Arms

• Sharif

• Shehu

• Sheikh

• Sheriff (from which comes High Sheriff)

• Subaltern

• Subedar

• Timi

• Treasurer (from which come Master Treasurer and Secretary Treasurer)

• Verderer

• Vicar

• Warden (from which come Hereditary Warden and Lord Warden)

• Woodman

Fictional

• Darth (Dark Lord of the Sith)

• Moff and Grand Moff

• Paladin

• Tarkhaan

• Thain

Judicial titles

In current use

• Advocate

• Bailiff

• Barrister

• Judge and Admiralty Judge

• Justice (from which come Chief Justice and Justice of the Peace)

• Magistrate and Promagistrate

• Mufti and Grand Mufti

• Queen's Counsel

• Solicitor

Historical

• Lictor

• Reeve

• Seneschal

• Tribune

Legislative titles

In current use

• Alderman

• Councillor

• Delegate

• Member of Parliament (from which come Member of the European Parliament, Member of the Most Honorable the Privy Council, Member of the Provincial Parliament, Member of the Legislative Council, Member of the Legislative Assembly, Member of the House of Representatives)

• Representative

• Senator

• Speaker

Historical

• Burgess

Honorary titles granted by an institution

• Apprentice

• Bearer, such as Hereditary Banner Bearer, Standard Bearer, or Swordbearer

• Chief Butler

• Coach

• Dame, which comes from the same root as Dominus

• Director This title is used extensively for the leaders of artistic projects, such as an Animation director, Art director, Artistic director, Casting director, Creative director, Film director, Game director, Music director, Television director, Theatre director, and Video Director. Other forms are Director of Operations, Funeral Director, and Technical Director.

• Doctor

• Engineer, such as Chartered Engineer, European Engineer, Incorporated Engineer, and Professional Engineer

• Friar

• Grand Carver

• Herb Strewer

• Hereditary Falconer

• Instructor

• Journeyman

• Lecturer, including Principal Lecturer and Senior Lecturer

• Master is used in many titles

• Premier Danseur The feminine form is Prima Ballerina.

• Professor and its related titles: Adjunct Professor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Distinguished Professor, and Professor Emeritus

• Queen's Guide

• Queen's Swan Marker

• Reader

• Reverend

• Sayyid

• Scout and Chief Scout

• Senior Grecian, Tolly-keeper, and various other fraternal school titles

Honorary titles granted by a mentor with the same title

• Rabbi

• Coach

Honorary titles granted by one's peers

• Adept

• Akhoond

• Arhat

• Bwana

• Brother or Sister

• Citizen (from which comes First Citizen)

• Coach

• Goodman and Goodwife

• Grand Bard

• Hajji

• Mullah

• Sri

• Wizard, such as the Grand Wizard and Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan

Honorary titles bestowed by followers

• Auntie or Uncle

• Baba

• Boss

• Coach

• Condottiero

• Diva

• Effendi

• Giani or Gyani

• Grandfather or Grandmother

• Guru

• Maestro

• Mahatma

• Pastor

• Pundit

• Siddha

• Shaikh , Pir, Murshid

• Ustad

• Swami

• Yogi