noun · rare

honcho

hon·cho

honcho · honchos · honchoes

голова, головний, керівник

глава, главный, начальник

Chef, Oberhaupt, Häuptling

Boss, leaderBoss, leader.

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UK/ˈhɒn.tʃəʊ/US/ˈhɑn.t͡ʃoʊ/

» A customer wanted to know who the head honcho was.

Клиент хотел знать, кто несёт ответственность. — Hellerick

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Meaning

1 senses

(informal)Boss, leader.
Chef, Boss, Oberguru

More definitions

a person who exercises control over workers

Examples

4 sentences

A customer wanted to know who the head honcho was.
ruКлиент хотел знать, кто несёт ответственность. — Hellerick
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Tom is the head honcho.
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He's the head honcho.
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She's the head honcho.
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Translations

2 languages

Deutsch

By meaning 1

boss, leader:

Origin

From Japanese 班(はん)長(ちょう) (hanchō, “squad leader”), from 19th c. Mandarin 班長 /班长 (bānzhǎng

From Japanese 班(はん)長(ちょう) (hanchō, “squad leader”), from 19th c. Mandarin 班長 /班长 (bānzhǎng, “team leader”). Probably entered English during World War II: many apocryphal stories describe American soldiers hearing Japanese prisoners-of-war refer to their lieutenants as hanchō.

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