the top dog

(informal)

the most important and powerful person in a group Jackson was top dog and he made sure he got what he wanted.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ambrogio	-	Italian
ClÍMaco	-	Spanish
Dalitso	dah-LEE-tso	Southern African, Chewa
Chuck	[tʃʌk]
Narayan	-	Indian, Hindi, Nepali, Marathi, Odia, Bengali
Zhi	-	Chinese