Definitions

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  • noun One who is highest in authority or command, as of an organization.

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  • noun The most important person in an organization.

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  • noun the most important person in an organization

Etymologies

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[Spanish and Italian, supreme, supremo, from Latin suprēmus; see supreme.]

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Examples

  • The supremo is your standard super; the gigante looks ... well, gigantic.

    Burritophile: The Burrito Files 2009

  • Defence "supremo" Bob Ainsworth has just been told to stop ministers insulting the Top Brass.

    Defence is not the best form of attack Jeff 2009

  • Defence "supremo" Bob Ainsworth has just been told to stop ministers insulting the Top Brass.

    Archive 2009-07-01 Jeff 2009

  • It was interesting to hear the Audit 'supremo' in Wales complaining that the media were making a story out of unfair accusations and not looking at what he has acheived - or taking a common sense approach to a senior staff appointment.

    Archive 2006-11-01 Glyn Davies 2006

  • Magath, who had led the club to a maiden Bundesliga title, left at the end of last season for a similar "supremo" job at Schalke 04 on a four-year contract.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • • Accounting "supremo" John Hagen, recently retired as chairman at Big Four firm Deloitte, has been made a life member of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants.

    National Business Review (NBR) New Zealand 2009

  • "supremo" in addressing the overall extent of Irish clerical child sex abuse, and ensuring proper protections were in place to try to prevent further abuse.

    ireland.com Breaking News 2010

  • Moustapha Badreddine, brother-in-law of the late Hezbollah military supremo Imad Moughnieh, topped the four-man list, but otherwise the details of the indictment remain sealed.

    Lebanon's Justice Delayed 2011

  • About half or more of the “millionaire” guys she has to fix up are Jewish and yenta supremo Patty constantly derides them as “nerds” and “nebbishes” to the flotilla of girls she gathers up to meet them.

    Matthew Yglesias » Life, According to Patti Stanger 2010

  • Last week, Glastonbury supremo Michael Eavis griped that booking the Wombles to play the legendary pop festival had been a mistake.

    Are U2 bad for Glastonbury? 2011

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