Library / English Dictionary

HONCHO

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who exercises control over workers

Example:

if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman

Synonyms:

boss; chief; foreman; gaffer; honcho

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("honcho" is a kind of...):

supervisor (one who supervises or has charge and direction of)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "honcho"):

baas (South African term for 'boss')

ganger (the foreman of a work gang)

assistant foreman; straw boss (a member of a work gang who supervises the other workers)

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