honcho
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From Japanese 班長 (hanchō), “‘group leader’”), probably via American English. Apocryphal stories abound regarding American soldiers hearing Japanese POW's refer to their lieutenants by this phrase during World War II.
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honcho (plural honchos)
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- 1983: Max Von Sidewinder is back to play Spectre's head honcho, only now we see his face! — net.movies, 7 Nov 1983
- 2001: Gulfstream makes jets for both Hollywood honchos and foreign governments like Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. — Michael Moore, Stupid White Men, 2001, p.22

