supremo
Americannoun
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the person in charge; chief.
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a person of supreme or complete power, authority, ability, etc..
His victory makes him the new chess supremo.
noun
Etymology
Origin of supremo
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
Example Sentences
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Festival supremo Thierry Fremaux stressed that all the juries and the Cannes governing body were gender equal, while the festival alone cannot correct the structural imbalances of the industry.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
It ran for 20 years, exploring every corner of the world of the arts including encounters with rapper Jay-Z, arts supremo Charles Saatchi, comedian Billy Connolly, and his old friend Mel Brooks.
From BBC • May 25, 2025
His tongue-in-cheek advertising copy described it in his characteristic foreign-language gibberish as a “supre, supremi, Italio supremo if there ever was one.”
From Slate • Nov. 22, 2023
It is complicated further by another case running parallel that requires Will to go undercover at a law firm to get a lead on elusive crime supremo Olivia Waterhouse.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 3, 2023
Posce nobis graciam Erkenwalde que birine Iam c� tuis augustine Da supremo gloriam An. s. virgines.
From A Ryght Profytable Treatyse Compendiously Drawen Out Of Many and Dyvers Wrytynges Of Holy Men by Betson, Thomas
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