supremo

[ suh-pree-moh, soo- ]

noun

, Chiefly British Informal.

, plural su·pre·mos.

1. the person in charge; chief.
2. a person of supreme or complete power, authority, ability, etc.:

   His victory makes him the new chess supremo.

supremo

/ sʊˈpriːməʊ; sjʊ- /

noun

1. informal.
   a person in overall authority

Word History and Origins

Origin of supremo¹

First recorded in 1835–40; from Spanish or Italian supremo, both from Latin suprēmus supreme; supremo def 2 sense perhaps especially from Spanish El Supremo as the title of Latin American dictators, for example, J. G. Rodríguez Francia (1766–1840), Paraguayan dictator

Word History and Origins

Origin of supremo¹

C20: from supreme

Example Sentences

Secular saint and clown-prince, the Venezuelan Supremo ruled virtually unchallenged since taking office in 1999.

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He was installed as the official press supremo on a $280,000 government salary.

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Tony Hayward ranked among the chosen ones, as did Robert Dudley, the new American supremo.

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Such were the results “quæ Socrates supremo vitæ die de immortalitate animorum disseruisset.”

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Ex Talhaiarni sententia Expiato erit per baptisum in die supremo.

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Humfrey Orme, 1670, was A supremo Ang'iæ senatu ad superiorem sanctorum conventum evocatus.

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The meaning of the title appears on p. 132, where the word Iciarco is defined Supremo uomo e primario principe della famiglia sua.

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And the Señor Hunter boasts also that the blue-eyed one is supremo with the riata, as he is with everything else!

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