supremo
/s(j)uːˈpriːməʊ/
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American sound/s(j)uːˈpriːməʊ/
sjuːˈpriːməʊ
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sjuː - ˈpriːməʊ -> supremo
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- ‘Instead he will defer to a new supremo who will take charge in the spring.’
- ‘The British Government has appointed a language supremo to encourage reluctant Brits to learn foreign languages from age seven.’
- ‘Only recently the referees were complaining about the directives handed out by their supremo, Philip Don, saying they were too rigid.’
- ‘What you must understand at this point is that we are talking to two marketing supremos.’
- ‘The event is organised by Paul Allen, the PR supremo and occasional commentator.’
- ‘This portrait of Banks as a policy supremo is an important contribution to our understanding of Britain's later eighteenth century.’
- ‘The move was immediately backed by European Union foreign policy supremo Javier Solana and Russia.’
- ‘Election rules do not require him to announce a new economic supremo ahead of the polls.’
- ‘Although he had already secured employment, B & Q supremos insisted that Carl nevertheless undergo their telephonic grilling.’
- ‘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.’
- ‘As the Chinese government's public relations supremo, Zhao Qizheng has an unusual background.’
- ‘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.’
- ‘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.’
- ‘A major graffiti crackdown in York - backed by the Evening Press - was today hailed by a Government supremo leading the fight against community crime.’
- ‘The campaign has been praised by government supremos leading the fight against antisocial behaviour in Britain.’
- ‘Rodney Bass, traffic supremo for the county council, says it will see borough councillors lose all highways powers.’
- ‘Pupils were lauded for their hard work by Rochdale's education supremo, Councillor Colin Lambert, himself a former teacher.’
- ‘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.’
- ‘Sutton, a West Australian by birth and a scoring supremo in all corners of the nation, continued his football odyssey elsewhere.’
- ‘Jazz giant Gerry Mulligan and vibraphone supremo Gary Burton have both recorded albums with the maestro.’
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