a high-ranking official or chancellor serving a monarch

relating to Chechnya, its people, or their language

a person who renders exceptional service or achieves great things for the state or a cause

to acknowledge allegiance to a regime or higher authority; to surrender

subject (of a kingdom, ruler etc)

an official or minister serving in a feudal court

a faithful official or loyalist

high-ranking official or key government figure

A high-ranking court official or minister who is disloyal, corrupt, or conspires against the ruler or the state.

an official or minister serving in a feudal court; a subject of a monarch

to bow one's head and acknowledge oneself a subject; to submit or surrender to a superior power

important official or statesman (in feudal China)

a faithful follower, subordinate, or political lackey

an official (in former times)

A member of a monarch's inner ministerial circle.

Yi Sunshin (1545-1598), Korean admiral and folk hero, famous for sea victories over the Japanese invaders

a government official of high integrity, capability, and loyalty

imperial strategic adviser or expert on strategy

rebels and traitors against their country or ruler

an official or subordinate serving a monarch in a feudal court

court officials in former times

The government minister responsible for foreign affairs in certain countries, specifically the UK's Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.

a new leadership or administration brings in its own team of subordinates or staff

emperor's favorite courtier

outstanding founding minister (title given to reward loyal general or vassal of new dynasty or state)

to have reached the highest official positions

civilian court official (in former times)

official in charge of public records

Wu Renchen (1628-1689), Qing dynasty polymath and historian, author of History of Ten States of South China [[十国春秋|十國春秋|Shi2 guo2 Chun1 qiu1]]

strategic experts and powerful generals

person one can rely on for candid criticism; an official who provides blunt and honest advice

strategic experts as thick as rain; no shortage of advisers on strategy

archaic term for male and female slaves or the collective subjects of a ruler

An ancient proverb expressing that a subject has the right to choose the ruler they serve.

a term of humble self-reference used by an old official when speaking to a ruler, or a respectful way to refer to a senior veteran official.

an official or high-ranking figure who holds significant political power or authority

court councilor

Minister of Navy during the Qing dynasty

an official who dares to speak frankly and remonstrate with the ruler

a high-ranking government official or minister in various European states, often referring to the Lord Privy Seal

strategic experts and powerful generals (idiom)

a self-deprecating first-person pronoun used by officials when addressing the monarch in imperial China

government official responsible for national finances, typically in monarchical or imperial systems

a high-ranking official appointed by the emperor for a specific mission or region during the Qing Dynasty.

favored minister