honcho
Meanings
Noun
Verb
- To lead or manage.
Origin
- American English, from Japanese 班長, from 19th c. Mandarin . Probably entered English during World War II: many apocryphal stories describe American soldiers hearing Japanese prisoners-of-war refer to their lieutenants as hanchō.
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