#authority (usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others; "the authorities have issued a curfew"
supertype: person__individual__someone__somebody__mortal__human__human_being__humanbeing__soul a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
subtype: allocator__distributor a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion
subtype: approver an authority with power to approve
subtype: authority_figure__authorityfigure someone who is regarded as an authority by someone else
subtype: authorizer__authoriser an authority who authorizes (people or actions); "the agents report back to their authorizers"
subtype: mandator an authority who issues a mandate
subtype: pasha__pacha a civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt
subtype: civil_authority a person who exercises authority over civilian affairs
subtype: mayor__city_manager the head of a city government
subtype: ex-mayor a former mayor
subtype: burgomaster a mayor of a municipality in Germany or Holland or Flanders or Austria
subtype: mayoress a woman mayor
subtype: upbraider__reprover__reproacher__rebuker someone who finds fault or imputes blame
subtype: withdrawer.authority an authority who withdraws permission
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