honcho
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hon·cho
/ ˈhänchō/ inf.
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n.
(pl. -chos)
a leader or manager; the person in charge:
the company's head honcho in the U.S.
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v.
(-choes, -choed) [tr.]
be in charge of (a project or situation):
the task at hand was to honcho an eighteen-wheeler to St. Louis.
ORIGIN:
1940s: from Japanese hanchō ‘group leader,’ a term brought back to the U.S. by servicemen stationed in Japan during the occupation following World War II.
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GOING FOR STRADBROKE; Smart money on target with sniper's Bullet
Newspaper article from: The Press; 6/8/2007; 694 words
; ...Freakish filly Gold Edition joined Mitanni at the top of Stradbroke betting at...Ink comes right into contention, and Mitanni is a good old wet tracker." The Les...ride. * Stradbroke markets: $5.50 Mitanni, Gold Edition; $6.50 Reigning To...
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The Amarna letters: write on!
Magazine article from: Calliope; 9/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...to write to his brother-in-law, Tushratta, the king of Mitanni. Amenhotep had married Tushratta's sister and wanted to...Egyptian, and Amenhotep could not understand Hurrian (the Mitanni language). Both, however, had scribes who could read and...
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Amurru, 1: Mari, Ebla et les Hourrites: Dix ans de travaux, part 1.
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 4/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...there was only one substantial connected text in Hurrian, the Mitanni letter. Now there is the important HurrianHittite bilingual...an approximate date of 1400 B.C., thus earlier than the Mitanni letter. He suggests that the Hurrian text had its origin in...
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The Land of Hana: Kings, Chronology, and Scribal Traditions.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 10/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...include synchronisms with three Old Babylonian monarchs, two Mitanni kings, and Tukulti-Ninurta I of Assyria. Unfortunately...have access to the thirty or more Hana tablets dated to the Mitanni period found by Rouault at Terqa (first mentioned by Rouault...
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 "The Racing Post (London, England)")
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Horse Racing: Gold Edition out to rewrite records; PREVIEW: AUSTRALIA Stradbroke Handicap G1 Eagle Farm 7f (tomorrow).(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England); 6/8/2007; 685 words
; ...competitive field, headed by flying filly Gold Edition and Mitanni, second and third behind Takeover Target a fortnight ago in...to do to confirm recent placings with the eight-year-old Mitanni, who is 8lb better off compared to their last race, in which...
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 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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Horse Racing: Improving Edge worth closer look; WINNER MACHINE SATURDAY SPECIALS.(Sport)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 7/28/2007; 662 words
; ...ride. Whether we'll be able to get the forecast 5-1 about Mitanni in the opener at Salisbury is questionable, but I'd be happy...Closer. Newmarket 5.20 Sun of the Sea. Salisbury 6.20 Mitanni. York Millegait. Tomorrow: Ascot 2.50 Fantasy Believer...
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Amphibious pharaoh: in the era of crude papyrus maps and dead reckoning, Thutmose III dared cross the seas to subdue a region.
Magazine article from: Military History; 10/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Euphrates (roughly the area of modern-day Kurdistan) of the Mitanni kingdom, a Hittite vassal state prone to interference in Syria...from which to launch further operations against Syria and the Mitanni. Until the 1471 BC campaign, Egypt had largely confined its...
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Off TRACK
Newspaper article from: The Press; 5/18/2007; 682 words
; ...months this week on a bicarbonate charge and his star horse, Mitanni, transferred to Guy Walter. But that was after a Racing Appeals...appeal is heard and after stipe Reid Sanders refused to permit Mitanni to be transferred to Wallace's former foreman, Jim Anderson...
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Horse Racing: PLANET TURF - AUSTRALIA; BELMONT STAKES SPECIAL.(Sport)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 6/9/2007; 355 words
; GOLD EDITION and Mitanni head a starstudded cast for the Stradbroke Handicap (Group 1, 7f) at Eagle Farm, Queensland. The pounds 365,000 event is...
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 "New Zealand Herald (Auckland, New Zealand)")
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Waterhouse cock-a-hoopover Dance Hero's trial.
Newspaper article from: New Zealand Herald (Auckland, New Zealand); 11/17/2007; 588 words
; ...Shadoways and champion mare Miss Andretti to win last year's group one Salinger Stakes and hasn't raced since his last to Mitanni in the Group Two Sir Byrne Hart Stakes (1200m) at Eagle Farm in April. "He's going beautifully and you'll see Dance...
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Mitanni
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Mitanni , ancient kingdom established in the 2d...Hurrians. Washshukanni was its capital. Mitanni controlled Assyria for a period and was...advanced as far as the Euphrates; the king of Mitanni surrendered, sending tribute to Egypt...
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Thutmose
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
...Thutmose III expanded the kingdom to its greatest extent, defeating the Mitanni kingdom on the River Euphrates and pushing the s frontier beyond the...also sought to strengthen the empire by peaceful means, marrying a Mitanni princess.
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Thutmose I
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...tributary and eventually conquered even powerful Kadesh and Mitanni, a kingdom E of the Euphrates River. His empire (the zenith...neighboring his Syrian tributaries and married a princess of Mitanni, who was mother of his son and successor, Amenhotep III.
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Amenhotep III
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...exertion. In the tenth year Amenhotep arranged a marriage between himself and Gilukhipa, daughter of Shuttarna, King of Mitanni. The second phase of Amenhotep's reign consisted of nearly 3 decades of luxurious ease, which witnessed an unparalleled...
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Hittites
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...was centered in Cappadocia, was opposed by the Syrians. The Hittites tried to invade Babylonia but were halted by Egypt and Mitanni. The Hittite Empire that followed the Old Kingdom, with its capital at Boğazköy (also called Hattusas...
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