head honcho

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head honcho

noun head honchos

  1. informal The person in charge; the highest-ranking person in an organization. The head honcho is hard to reach because they are too busy.

    Similar: big man, big enchilada, grand poobah, baron, big cheese, big gun, big kahuna, big name, big noise, big shot, bigwig, big wheel

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noun Person in charge

Españolmandamás, mero mero, mero mero petatero, mero mero papas fritas, mero petatero
Portuguêsmandachuva
Françaispatron, grand chef, grand manitou
Русскийбольшая ши́шка bolʹšaja šíška

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@misc{head_honcho_2026,
  title = {head honcho},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/head%20honcho},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}