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honcho
noun
a boss, a big-shot US
From the Japanese term for “a group or squad leader”.- This prisoner is the “honcho,” or group headman, in the POW stockade. — Coshocton (Ohio) Tribune, 1 September 1945
- “Okay, Buddy,” says the chief, “you’re the honcho.” — Darryl Ponicsan, The Last Detail, p. 20, 1970
- The broad blew up, ran downtown and put the squeal on the Palladium to her boss, an assistant D.A. name of Kuh who was already into being one of Hogan’s main honchos. — Edwin Torres, Carlito’s Way, p. 26, 1975
- We called the few tough aggressive pilots “honchos” and the rest “students.” — Walter Boyne and Steven Thompson, The Wild Blue, p. 172, 1986
- Ito-san was the head honcho, the big cheese, the number one Tomodachi[.] — Rhiannon Paice, Too Late for the Festival, p. 27, 1999
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