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HONCHO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does honcho mean?
• HONCHO (noun)
The noun HONCHO has 1 sense:
1. a person who exercises control over workers
Familiarity information: HONCHO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who exercises control over workers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
boss; chief; foreman; gaffer; honcho
Context example:
if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman
Hypernyms ("honcho" is a kind of...):
supervisor (one who supervises or has charge and direction of)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "honcho"):
baas (South African term for 'boss')
ganger (the foreman of a work gang)
assistant foreman; straw boss (a member of a work gang who supervises the other workers)
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