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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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   Where does the word 'Hon cho' come from?

   • " Merriam-Webster goes a bit further into the etymology of the word, noting that it comes from the Japanese word "han" (which means squad) and chō (which is defined as head or chief). According to Fighting Talk: The Military Origins of Everyday Words and Phrases, the Japanese army would call squad leaders or sergeants in the army "hon-cho."

   Talk To The Head Honcho; He Speaks Japanese - NPR

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

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   Sep 28, 2017 · "overseer, one who employs or oversees workers," 1640s, American English, from Dutch baas "a master," Middle Dutch baes, a word of obscure origin. If the original sense was "uncle," perhaps it is related to Old High German basa "aunt," but some sources discount this theory.

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

   • Italiano (Italian)

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

   • Honduras

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

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   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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   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.

5. www.npr.org › sections › codeswitchTalk To The Head Honcho; He Speaks Japanese : Code Switch - NPR

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   Oct 29, 2013 · But where did the word "honcho" originate? While the word is often mistakenly believed to have Spanish origins, it actually traces its roots to American soldiers who fought in...

6. 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 · Etymology. [edit] 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. Pronunciation. [edit]

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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."