as in boss
the person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do
Everyone knows that the real jefe of that football team is the quarterback and not the coach.
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Recent Examples of jefe
Chambers, a longtime exec, spent a great degree of time in L.A. since serving as distribution jefe for Disney.
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2025
Many of my peers learned English from Scully — as my jefe Hector once wrote, there was no better teacher outside of Warner Bros. cartoons.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2022
Los Tigres del Norte Leave it to Los Tigres del Norte’s power anthem to get everyone on the dance floor feeling like a jefe (boss).
—Billboard Staff, Billboard, 4 May 2022
By April 18, the sometime ship mechanic Manuel Hedilla, acting head of the party, was elected its new jefe nacional by a narrow vote.
—Jesús Palacios, Slate Magazine, 9 Feb. 2017
Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2025
Many of my peers learned English from Scully — as my jefe Hector once wrote, there was no better teacher outside of Warner Bros. cartoons.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2022
Los Tigres del Norte Leave it to Los Tigres del Norte’s power anthem to get everyone on the dance floor feeling like a jefe (boss).
—Billboard Staff, Billboard, 4 May 2022
By April 18, the sometime ship mechanic Manuel Hedilla, acting head of the party, was elected its new jefe nacional by a narrow vote.
—Jesús Palacios, Slate Magazine, 9 Feb. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jefe
Noun
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There are some optional bosses too, the Wither and the Warden.—
Issy van der Velde,
Rolling Stone,
5 Apr. 2025
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Xander is now her boss again in a different iteration ...—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
5 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Statham’s responsibility here is to make the Royal Marines veteran turned Chicago construction foreman look experienced enough to do serious damage, without directly repeating the dozen other movies in which he’s done so already.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
26 Mar. 2025
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The patient on the table is the Yellowstone ranch foreman, who only finds himself in this vulnerable position in the first place because powerful men want his boss’s land.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
16 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Tim Mohr, the journalist and translator who chronicled the political importance of the 1980s East German punk scene and co-wrote memoirs with Guns N’ Roses’ Duff McKagan and Kiss leader Paul Stanley, has died.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
2 Apr. 2025
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The White House leader is railing against the States’ trade deficits with its biggest trading partners, such as Canada, China, Mexico and the European Union, and has either imposed or threatened (as with the EU) up to 25% tariffs on imports.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Editors’ Picks Review: Clooney, Fair and Balanced, in ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’ Keith Bradsher is the Beijing bureau chief for The Times.—
Keith Bradsher,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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The regional international originals chiefs – Javiera Balmaceda (Head of International Originals, Latin America, Canada & Australia), Tara Erer (Head of International Originals, Northern Europe) and Nicole Morganti (Head of International Originals, Southern Europe) – report to Day in the interim.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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As someone who was an athlete, a team captain, and a coach and watched sports her whole life, Gaines has incorporated this knowledge into her training to address communications, negotiations, conflict resolution, emotional intelligence, team building, and cooperation, among many other things.—
Molly Peck,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2025
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These pilots are the only ones allowed to make the 50-mile transit, with the ship’s captain required to cede control for the complex journey through the isthmus passage.—
Silvana Paternostro Nathalia Angarita,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Haugh, a career Air Force leader, was deputy commander of U.S. Cyber Command at Fort George G. Meade, Md., until President Joe Biden tapped him to lead the NSA in Feb. 2024.—
Josh Meyer,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2025
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The commander of the Eastern Theater Command from 2019 to 2022 was He.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The former New England Patriots general manager is the head coach of UNC's Tar Heels football team.—
Erin Clack,
People.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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Cautious optimism about the future of sustainability in Qatar Nicolas, the hotel manager, believes that significant progress is possible in the future.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Jefe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jefe. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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