jefe
Noun
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Noun
jefe (plural jefes)
- (US, informal) An officer with political influence; a head or chief in government, such as a sheriff, particularly where that person is Hispanic or of Mexican descent.
- 1887, Hubert Howe Bancroft, History of Central America, page 153, History Company
- Antonio Rivera Cabezas was chosen vice-jefe in March 1830.
- 1898, Southern Pacific Company Passenger Department, Sunset, Sunset Magazines Inc. (1912), pages 313-314
- before he stepped forward uttering the stereotyped greeting, the Texan had put him down as the jefe or head man....
- Snatching up the rifle he lit out after the jefe, who had left two jumps ahead of the smoke.
- 1900, United States War Department, Annual Reports of the War Department, U.S. Government Printing Office
- Hilario Saño, a suspect, resident here but much doubted by the jefe local, was put to the test
- 1887, Hubert Howe Bancroft, History of Central America, page 153, History Company
- (US) A boss in a business, company
or other organization. - 1982 January, George Durham, Taming the Nueces Strip: The Story of McNelly's Rangers, page 120, University of Texas Press
- “They ain’t going to deliver the cattle across.... They’ve taken too much of a beating as it is. They’ve lost their big jefe and lots of men.”
- 1998 June, Thomas Miller Klubock, Contested communities: Class, Gender, and Politics in Chile's El Teniente Copper Mine, 1904-1948, page 147, Duke University Press
- When they were slacking off in the mine, for example, and a jefe arrived unexpectedly, they shouted loro (parrot) or fuego (fire) as warning signals.
- 2004 December, Jeffrey Harris Cohen, The Culture of Migration in Southern Mexico, University of Texas Press
- A jefe in this sense is a mentor, a person who is often a compadre of the migrant.... In any case, a jefe is not a loan shark
- 2005 May, Monica Rico, EMails that Go Nowhere, Google Mail.
- A jefe in this sense refers to a true boss, the leader of the household, also known as Jose Rico.
- 1982 January, George Durham, Taming the Nueces Strip: The Story of McNelly's Rangers, page 120, University of Texas Press
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