honcho
Pronunciation: /ˈhɑn.t͡ʃoʊ/
The English word “honcho” has 2 meanings listed here.
noun
verb
Etymology
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.
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