A person who shares leadership or chief authority with another person.
From the prefix co- (together) plus chief (from French chef, from Latin caput meaning head). This modern compound emerged to describe shared leadership structures.
As companies and organizations increasingly adopted co-leadership models in the 20th century, cochief became the word for CEOs, directors, and leaders who rule as equals rather than in a hierarchy.
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