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prettygoodwordTheme week: Nihongo no kotobo, which is to say, words from Japanese.
honcho (HON-choh) - n., (slang) boss, leader, person in charge.
With connotations of being assertive. Entered English in 1945 from Japanese hanchō (班長), squad leader, from Middle Chinese (the modern form of which is bānzhǎng, team leader) apparently through Americans who were prisoners of war in Japan.
---L.
honcho (HON-choh) - n., (slang) boss, leader, person in charge.
With connotations of being assertive. Entered English in 1945 from Japanese hanchō (班長), squad leader, from Middle Chinese (the modern form of which is bānzhǎng, team leader) apparently through Americans who were prisoners of war in Japan.
---L.
