honcho
pronunciation
How to pronounce honcho in British English:
UK [ˈhɒntʃəʊ]
How to pronounce honcho in American English:
US [ˈhɑntʃoʊ]
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- Noun:
- a person who exercises control over workers
Word Origin
- 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.
Example
- 1. He is the head honcho of the company .
- 2. First platoon on honcho hill was getting hit .
- 3. Rumours of his ill health at the beginning of the year prompted damaging speculations about the company 's next head honcho and caused apple 's shares to jitter .
- 4. Apple has been unable to set up a subscription service for television and films . Its efforts to persuade companies to drop the prices of tv shows have been rebuffed by all except news corporation and disney , on whose board steve jobs , apple 's head honcho , sits .
- 5. The merger of these three idea networks set off a cascade of innovations , producing not only new products and management styles but also a new ideal personality - the corporate honcho in jeans and the long-sleeve black t-shirt .