Honcho Definition

hŏnchō
honchos
noun
A person in charge; leader; chief.
Webster's New World

Boss, leader.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
verb
To direct or manage.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Honcho

Noun

Singular:
honcho
Plural:
honchos

Origin of Honcho

  • From Japanese 班長 (はんちょう, hanchō, “squad leader”), from 19th c. Mandarin bānzhǎng 班長 "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".

    From Wiktionary

  • Japanese hanchō squad leader han squad (from Middle Chinese paːn division, class) (also the source of Mandarin bān) chō chief (from Middle Chinese triaŋ´) (also the source of Mandarin zhǎng)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Honcho Sentence Examples

  • Of course, part of the appeal is the story mode that takes you to exotic locals, hooks you up with some glorious guns, and lets you blast your way through to some evil head honcho.

  • Def Jam records sat up and took notice, and after an audition in front of Def Jam head honcho Jay-Z, the then 16 year old Rihanna was signed on the spot.

  • Yup. They're sending some honcho up from Philly later this morning.

  • At the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2008 in San Francisco, Apple head honcho Steve Jobs announced a new service called MobileMe.

  • He also brought her music to Sony Records head honcho Tommy Mottola, who instantly signed her to a management contract.

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