Honcho
Honcho noun - The person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do.
Usage example: he's definitely the head honcho in that company
Lord
Lord noun - A person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field.
Usage example: as lords of the local real estate scene, they own nearly all of the city's prime pieces of property
Honcho and lord are semantically related in big shot topic. Sometimes you can use "Honcho" instead a noun "Lord". informal substitute
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Submissive Badass: Every badass in the DWMA is this since Lord Death is the head honcho.
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Lord Recluse, head honcho of Arachnos and de facto dictator of the Etoile Isles in City of Heroes/Villains, has centred his entire organisation's technology, equipment, and architecture around spiders, something of a personal symbol for the man with spider legs growing from his back.
Source: Malevolent Mugshot
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