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Etymology
Sp.
Noun
en-noun
- context|US|informal An officer with political influence; a head or chief in government, such as a sheriff.
#*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
#*1917, Harry Alverson Franck, Vagabonding Down the Andes: Being the Narrative of a Journey Chiefly Afoot from Panama to Beunos Aires, pages 119-120, The Century Co. (1920)
#*: We were asked to keep an eye out also for one Francisco Fabra, ...proposing marriage to one of the jefe�s sisters, but who had dropped out of sight upon receipt of her photograph.
#*1933 William McFee?, No Castles in Spain, page 227, Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.
#*: �Well, perhaps a message,� I said. �Perhaps from the jefe civil about a little fiesta.�
#*1982 April, W. Dirk Raat, Mexico: From Independence to Revolution, 1810-1910, University of Nebraska Press
#*: the jefes are usually, with no more questions, the political friends of the governors
#*2005 February, Michael Archer, Firestorm, page 271, Firebomber Publications
#*: Gregorio thought for a moment, then said, �I think I will buy a big villa, like jefe has, close to the capital�.<!--punctuation sic.-->
- context|US|borrowed 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 June, Ned Crouch, Mexicans and Americans: Cracking the Cultural Code, page 95, Nicholas Brealey Publishing
#*: If the jefe is American, this can best be achieved by appreciating the talents Mexicans have.... The jefe is there, inspecting and counting pieces
#*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
Spanish
Etymology
French chef from Latin caput. Compare Portuguese chefe
Noun
es-noun-mf|f=jefa
- chief|Chief; president; head; leader of a business, political party, or other organization.
- boss|Boss; supervisor; manager.
- military|lang=es colonel|Colonel; major; rank between captain and general.
Related terms
jefatura f
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