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head honcho

noun

chiefly US, informal
: the person with the most authority

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Robbie has been a mainstay in DC, and there were talks that DCU head honcho James Gunn would bring her back. James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025 How does the Bruins’ soon-to-be head honcho affect their incoming recruiting class – as signing day approaches – for better or worse? Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 30 Nov. 2025 The Ghostbusters actress discussed a sketch that made SNL head honcho Lorne Michaels unexpectedly lose it during an interview with the Good One podcast. Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Nov. 2025 In her Women of the Year interview with Helen Mirren, Rachel Zegler opened up about the responsibility of becoming, if not a head honcho, then at least top of call sheet, and how to act graciously as the most famous person in a production. Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 29 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for head honcho

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“Head honcho.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/head%20honcho. Accessed 9 Dec. 2025.

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