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   What is the meaning of the word 'Honcho'?

   • The word 'Honcho' originates from a term meaning 'squad leader'. Japanese loan words in English also include 'judo', which comes from words meaning 'soft way', and 'jujitsu', which means 'soft arts'. Kamikaze is translated literally as 'divine wind', from the name of a typhoon that saved Japan by destroying the Mongol navy in 1281.

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   What does head honcho mean?

   • The head honcho admits that he underestimated how long it would all take. 2 meanings: 1. the person in charge; the boss 2. to supervise or be in charge of.... Click for more definitions.

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   What does a health Honcho say?

   • Health honchos say they are just practicing what they preach. To get there, you have to move on rackets, pressuring informants and depleting illicit operations of income to force confrontations with racket honchos. What if the head honcho flat-out says no? A centipede honcho complains about eating steak in a warehouse.

   HONCHO | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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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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   Are health honchos practicing what they preach?

   • Both the words "honcho" and the "head honcho" began to enter the mainstream slowly thereafter. Health honchos say they are just practicing what they preach. To get there, you have to move on rackets, pressuring informants and depleting illicit operations of income to force confrontations with racket honchos.

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   What does a centipede Honcho complain about?

   • A centipede honcho complains about eating steak in a warehouse. Picture the "head honcho" of an organization and what comes to mind are boardrooms, power and wealth, an individual at the top of his or her game.

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2. 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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     mainly US informal us / ˈhɑːn.tʃoʊ / uk / ˈhɒn.tʃəʊ / Add to...

   • Znaczenie Honcho, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     honcho definicja: 1. the person in charge: 2. the person in...

   • Honcho in Traditional Chinese

     HONCHO translate: 負責人，主事者. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Honcho in Simplified Chinese

     HONCHO translate: 负责人，主事人. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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   noun. hon· cho ˈhän- (ˌ)chō. plural honchos. Synonyms of honcho. : boss, big shot. also : hotshot sense 1. 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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   mainly US informal us / ˈhɑːn.tʃoʊ / uk / ˈhɒn.tʃəʊ / Add to word list. the person in charge: head honcho Who's the head honcho around here? Synonyms. boss. chief. foreman. gaffer (MAN IN CHARGE) UK informal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Important people and describing important people. actor. August. augustly. baron.

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   Sep 6, 2024 · honcho (plural honchos or honchoes) (informal) boss, leader. (motion picture), spoken by Private Gator Lerner (Johnny Depp): Says they had no choice. Says the NVA killed the old when he said no. Now he says all the rice is theirs. October 26, Calvin Sims, “Hard Times, Even on Rodeo Drive”, in.

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   The plural form of honcho is honchos. Find more words! You'll have no choice but to communicate and interact with co-workers, customers and head honchos. Alex Barr, soon-to-be one of three head honchos of an even-bigger Big Partnership, has conceded defeat on another front.

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   honcho in British English. (ˈhɒntʃəʊ ) informal, mainly US. noun Word forms: plural -chos. 1. the person in charge; the boss. verb. 2. to supervise or be in charge of. Collins English Dictionary.

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   What does the noun honcho mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun honcho . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.