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   Where did the word Honcho come from?

   • Did you know? A relic of the large U.S. presence in Japan in the years following World War II, the word honcho comes from the Japanese word hanchō meaning “leader of the squad, section, group.”

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   What is the meaning of Honcho in Japanese?

   • In Japanese, the word for 'person in charge' is hancho. It comes from the words han meaning "squad" and cho meaning "head" or "chief". American service personnel learned this term when they were Japanese prisoners-of-war and brought it back to the U.S.

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   When was Honcho first used?

   • The earliest known use of the noun honcho is in the 1940s. OED's earliest evidence for honcho is from 1945, in the Coshocton Tribune (Coshocton, Ohio). honcho is a borrowing from Japanese. Etymons: Japanese hanchō.

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   What is the plural form of Honcho?

   • Honcho is derived from a Japanese word, hanchō, which means 'group leader'. The plural form of honcho is honchos. Example: 'We will really up the ante,' said Ray Sandoval, Zozobra’s head honcho who also helped start Santa Fe’s first community New Year’s Eve celebration.

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   What is a head honcho?

   • A honcho is the person who's in charge. The "head honcho " in your office probably bosses everyone else around. Honcho is an informal word that was coined in the United States in the 1940s to mean "officer in charge," becoming especially popular with U.S. soldiers during the Korean War.

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   Where does the name honch come from?

   • The origin of Honch is English-American. Honch is a variation of the name Honcho. See also the related categories, english and american. Honch is seldom used as a baby name for boys. It is not listed within the top 1000 names.

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2. www.etymonline.com › word › honchohoncho | Etymology of honcho by etymonline

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   Sep 28, 2017 · honcho (n.) 1947, American English, "officer in charge," from Japanese hancho "group leader," from han "corps, squad" + cho "head, chief." Picked up by U.S. servicemen in Japan and Korea, 1947-1953.

   • 한국어 (Korean)

     honcho 뜻: 혼쵸; 1947년, 미국 영어에서 "책임자"를 뜻하는 "officer in charge"가...

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     Significato di honcho: capo; 1947, American English,...

   • Honduras

     c. 1300, pardoun, "papal indulgence, forgiveness of sins or...

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   A relic of the large U.S. presence in Japan in the years following World War II, the word honcho comes from the Japanese word hanchō meaning “leader of the squad, section, group.”

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   Where does the noun honcho come from? Earliest known use. 1940s. The earliest known use of the noun honcho is in the 1940s. OED's earliest evidence for honcho is from 1945, in the Coshocton Tribune (Coshocton, Ohio). honcho is a borrowing from Japanese. Etymons: Japanese hanchō. See etymology. Nearby entries.

5. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishHONCHO | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   a person who is in charge of an organization, or in an important position in it: The head honchos at the studio refused to make his movie. He's the company's marketing honcho. (Definition of honcho from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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   Sep 6, 2024 · 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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   Honcho is an informal word that was coined in the United States in the 1940s to mean "officer in charge," becoming especially popular with U.S. soldiers during the Korean War. Honcho comes from a Japanese word for "group leader," hancho , from han , "corps or squad," and cho , "head or chief."

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   Word Origin 1940s: from Japanese hanchō ‘group leader’, a term brought back to the US by servicemen stationed in Japan during the occupation following the Second World War.