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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

/ sjʊ-; sʊˈpriːməʊ /

noun

  1. informal.
    a person in overall authority
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of supremo1

C20: from supreme
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Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

Ex Talhaiarni sententia Expiato erit per baptisum in die supremo.

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

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

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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