sous-chef

noun

sous-chef

noun

Etymology From French sous-chef. Compare Italian sotto capo, which was calqued into English as underboss. Perhaps there was ultimately an unattested term *subcaput in Late Latin, with a variant *subciput.

Cooking, Food, Lifestyle The chef underneath the head chef in the chef's hierarchy.

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