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Definition of Head honcho
1. Noun. An important influential person. "The Qaeda commander is a very big fish"
Language type: Colloquialism
Generic synonyms: Important Person, Influential Person, Personage
Specialized synonyms: Knocker, Supremo
Definition of Head honcho
1. Noun. (idiomatic) The person in charge; the highest-ranking person in an organization. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Head Honcho
Literary usage of Head honcho
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Making the Match: The Right Book for the Right Reader at the Right Time by Teri S. Lesesne (2003)
"... the "head honcho" of the school. At the end of the story, Monk is thrown into
a locker as the students file out for the day. A blizzard strikes the town ..."
2. Mexico's Gulf Coast by Joanie Sanchez (2004)
"... by wealthy figures who leave them empty most of the year - one of the houses
belongs to the head honcho of the super-popular Holanda ice cream line. ..."
3. The Backup Book: Disaster Recovery from Desktop to Data Center by Dorian J. Cougias, E. L. Heiberger, Karsten Koop (2003)
"Now that he's head honcho of a network management software company, he's probably
saying something like "To grow your network, you must first understand it! ..."
4. Adventure Guide Maui by Sharon Hamblin (2005)
"Their promotion is "nothing over $12.95" and this is another innovative and
respectable business headed by Maui Taco head honcho Mark Ellman. ..."
5. Programming, Pitfalls and Puppy-Dog Tales by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1993)
"Bush is running for head honcho of the United Nations and you can see that Clinton
is breaking, ahead of time, all his commitments. ..."
6. Winging It . . . by Gyeorgos C. Hatonn (1994)
"He CAN bring down the whole of Russian Bolshevism. Worse for America--most of
those “head” honcho Bolsheviks are IN AMERICA running your government! ..."
7. Better Than Crying: Poking Fun at Politics, the Press and Pop Culture by Baratunde Rafig Thurston (2004)
"“From the condom's point-of-sale to the fallopian tubes to the placenta, you'll
feel like you were being born again' said Viacom head honcho and Latino ..."
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