honcho

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

Boss, leader.

Verb

To lead or manage.

Conceptes

cap

patró

dirigent

líder

capitost

patrona

Sinònims

chief

boss

gaffer

leader

foreman

fuhrer

head

mastermind

ringleader

ruler

team leader

tribune

group leader

squad leader

authority

caudillo

bellwether

chairperson

commander

conductor

Traduccions

chef

capo

رئِيس العُمّال

Anführer

Führer

Hauptmann

Leiter

🪜

Kopf

Führerin

Truppführer

Gruppenführer

Filmanfang

Leittier

Tabellenführer

كبِير العُمّال

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈhɑn.t͡ʃoʊ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From Japanese 班(はん)長(ちょう) (hanchō, “squad leader”), from 19th c. Mandarin 班長 /班长 (bānzhǎng, “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.