duce (n.)
- arrogator
- autocrat
- bellwether
- caesar
- choirmaster
- choragus
- commissar
- conductor
- czar
- despot
- dictator
- disciplinarian
- driver
- forerunner
- fugleman
- leader
- martinet
- messiah
- oligarch
- oppressor
- pacemaker
- pacesetter
- pharaoh
- precentor
- ringleader
- standard-bearer
- stickler
- torchbearer
- tyrant
- usurper
- warlord
