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Definition of supremo in English: supremonounPlural supremos s(j)uːˈpriːməʊ British informal 1A person in overall charge of an organization or activity. Example sentencesExamples - The event is organised by Paul Allen, the PR supremo and occasional commentator.
- As the Chinese government's public relations supremo, Zhao Qizheng has an unusual background.
- Rodney Bass, traffic supremo for the county council, says it will see borough councillors lose all highways powers.
- Europe's regions supremo yesterday admitted that South Yorkshire and other struggling UK areas could still need millions of pounds of aid for years to come.
- Amazon supremo Jeff Bezos has thrown down the gauntlet to Brit entrepreneur Richard Branson by declaring that he is also going into the space tourism business.
- A major graffiti crackdown in York - backed by the Evening Press - was today hailed by a Government supremo leading the fight against community crime.
- Pupils were lauded for their hard work by Rochdale's education supremo, Councillor Colin Lambert, himself a former teacher.
- The campaign has been praised by government supremos leading the fight against antisocial behaviour in Britain.
- The British Government has appointed a language supremo to encourage reluctant Brits to learn foreign languages from age seven.
- Election rules do not require him to announce a new economic supremo ahead of the polls.
- Only recently the referees were complaining about the directives handed out by their supremo, Philip Don, saying they were too rigid.
- This portrait of Banks as a policy supremo is an important contribution to our understanding of Britain's later eighteenth century.
- What you must understand at this point is that we are talking to two marketing supremos.
- The move was immediately backed by European Union foreign policy supremo Javier Solana and Russia.
- Instead he will defer to a new supremo who will take charge in the spring.
- Although he had already secured employment, B & Q supremos insisted that Carl nevertheless undergo their telephonic grilling.
- Led by veteran events supremo Neil Butler, a celebration of the premier cultural hot spot that is Glasgow's Merchant City was bound to be a success.
Synonyms magnate, mogul, big businessman, baron, merchant prince, captain of industry, industrialist, financier, top executive, chief, lord, magnifico, nabob, grandee - 1.1 A person with great authority or skill in a certain area.
an interior by design supremo Kelly Example sentencesExamples - He increased the pressure on Kenyon by claiming all eyes would be on the United supremo in his first full summer in charge to see how he performs in the transfer market.
- Jazz giant Gerry Mulligan and vibraphone supremo Gary Burton have both recorded albums with the maestro.
- I do believe the ex-England supremo has lost his marbles.
- If you're concerned that the special effects supremos at Industrial Light + Magic are going to ruin a classic, then fear not.
- Steve McCormack will stay on as coach and work with a football supremo who could be appointed within the next fortnight.
- Sutton, a West Australian by birth and a scoring supremo in all corners of the nation, continued his football odyssey elsewhere.
- ‘I had a chat with Nobby the other day,’ said Moorby, who played against the Bradford supremo for both St Helens and Leeds.
- What immediately marked Eisenhower out as a military supremo was his ability and determination to make the Alliance an everyday working reality.
- Is your child a little princess or a tantrum supremo?
Synonyms celebrity, famous person, very important person, personality, name, big name, famous name, household name, star, superstar, celebutante, leading light, mogul, giant, great, master, king, guru
Origin Spanish, literally 'supreme'. |