the unacknowledged leader/authority etcSTHINK/HAVE THE OPINION THATsomeone who is a leader etc but who has not publicly or officially been given that position 没有得到正式承认的领导/权威等the unacknowledged leader/authority etc• In the hierarchy of Balniddrie-although pecking-order might be a more accurate term-Kara was the unacknowledged leader.
→ the unacknowledged leader/authority etc at unacknowledged(1)