head honcho

noun

chiefly US, informal
: the person with the most authority

Examples of head honcho in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The Dreamville head honcho ate up the opportunity, delivering a long verse loaded with confident boasts and strong wordplay. Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 27 Sep. 2024 Colin Jost and Michael Che have no interest in replacing Lorne Michaels as Saturday Night Live's head honcho. Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2024 Newsome is already committed to her first post-Lower Decks project: co-writing the first live-action Star Trek comedy with franchise head honcho Alex Kurtzman. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 29 July 2024 Alyce says that Daemon only needs the support of Grover Tully, the head honcho of the Riverlands; his sub-houses will fall in line. Omar L. Gallaga, Washington Post, 22 July 2024 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 24 Oct. 2024.

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