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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
honcho
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
head
▪ But there were far too few new faces, and far too many head office honchos.
▪ Pehr Gyllenhammar, the Volvo group's head honcho, is a rare show visitor.
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▪ A major New York paperback publisher considered a reprint, Hutchinson said, but company honchos later changed their minds.
▪ But there were far too few new faces, and far too many head office honchos.
▪ Pehr Gyllenhammar, the Volvo group's head honcho, is a rare show visitor.
▪ The law is a special boon to those, like top corporate honchos, who are due large sums of deferred compensation.
▪ The theory among media honchos is that sending a reporter may cause families to change their minds.
▪ Things could get ugly soon, possibly when union honchos and player reps get together in San Antonio over All-Star weekend.
▪ To do this you must first provoke one of the game's head honchos into a challenge.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
honcho

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.

Wiktionary
honcho

n. boss, leader

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WordNet
honcho

n. a person who exercises control over workers; "if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman" [syn: foreman, chief, gaffer, boss]

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Wikipedia
Honcho (magazine)

Honcho was an American pornographic magazine aimed towards gay men that was published from April 1978 to November 2009.

Honcho

Honcho or Honchō can refer to:

  • Delta Sailplane Honcho, an American glider
  • Hiyoshi-Honchō Station a metro station in Japan
  • Honcho (comics), a fictional character in the Marvel Universe
  • Honcho (magazine), an American gay men's magazine published between April 1978 and November 2009
  • Honchō Monzui, a Japanese book of Chinese prose and poetry
  • Honchō Seiki, a Japanese historical text
  • Itabashi-honchō Station, a metro station on the Toei Mita Line in Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan
  • Jeep Honcho, an American vehicle
  • Yoshiwara-honchō Station, a train station on the Gakunan Railway Line in Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
  • Slacker (producer), the British musical artist Shem McCauley, who sometimes went by the alias "Head Honcho"

Usage examples of "honcho".

In one of the chairs, reclining, smiling except for the gimlety green eyes, was Honcho.

That premise was backed up by examples of hospitals and HMOs gone bust, and interviews with financial honchos, one of them George Plumb, formerly CEO of MGS Healthcare Consultants, Pittsburgh, and currently CEO of Western Pediatric Medical Center, Los Angeles.

He decided otherwise: Chait was no doubt inside the van with the Chinese honcho.

Not just our honchos, our honchos have to consult with the honchos from all the operating companies because they own a helluva lot of the switches you want to diddle with.

And I also suspect you were assigned to my case because the honchos too know your distaste for research.

Maybe with her defending him, the honchos did feel assured of getting a conviction.

Last Thursday, such an event was staged by two honchos of the Cuban American National Foundation.

No sooner had McDougall uttered the words than tourism-industry honchos launched a dyspeptic counterattack.

Buck needed a nice set for the demo movie he was going to make to show the honchos from Oregon.

Four young Wall Street honchos arrived, all in white tennis shorts, new running shoes, and new fishing hats.

General Funkhauser, one of the honchos at Allied Aviation in Los Angeles, wanted a consultation on the F6Q-1, which was approaching the time when prototypes would be coming into production.

Immediately afterward, the young honcho heading Kennedy's wagon in the barrios told us RFK has the same idea.

Sure, you'll hear tell of some high-placed corporate honcho or honchita horndogging after a bit of crumpet, but you can bet your T-bills that they lock up their assets first.

I put in a good word for you, but when the honchos came here from Dix and looked at all the blanks in the sign-in book, the shit hit the fan.

I am the head honcho, and believe me Master Fowl is going to realize that too when I'm finished talking to him.