honcho

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

Boss, leader.

Verb

To lead or manage.

Concepts

chef

chef de file

chef d’équipe

conducteur

directeur

dirigeant

leader

superviseur

chef d’escadron

contremaitre

Synonymes

chief

boss

gaffer

leader

foreman

fuhrer

head

mastermind

ringleader

ruler

team leader

tribune

group leader

squad leader

authority

caudillo

bellwether

chairperson

commander

conductor

Traductions

capo

رئِيس العُمّال

líder

cap

patró

dirigent

كبِير العُمّال

capitost

patrona

Anführer

Führer

Hauptmann

Kopf

Leiter

🪜

قائد

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈhɑn.t͡ʃoʊ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.