plural jefes
: a person who exercises control or authority : chief sense 2, leader sense 2
We caught Villa Rica on opening night, which meant a full staff eager to please—not to mention the jefe himself in the kitchen …—
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Paul StephenIn the House and Senate, Republicans are limited to six years as the jefe of any committee.—Michael Shannon
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Examples of jefe in a Sentence
Everyone knows that the real jefe of that football team is the quarterback and not the coach.
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Chambers, a longtime exec, spent a great degree of time in L.A. since serving as distribution jefe for Disney.
—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
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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
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“Jefe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jefe. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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