chef

• POS: Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

chef, n. [F.].

•  A chief or head person.  [1913 Webster]
•  The head cook of large establishment, as a club, a family, etc.  [1913 Webster]
•  Same as Chief.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

chef, n. a (usu. male) cook, esp. the chief cook in a restaurant etc.

Etymology

F, = head

THESAURUS

chef

baker, boss, bwana, chef de cuisine, chief, chief cook, church dignitary, cook, culinarian, culinary artist, ecclesiarch, elder, employer, fry cook, goodman, guru, husband, kitchener, liege, liege lord, lord, lord paramount, master, overlord, padrone, paramount, pastry chef, pastrycook, paterfamilias, patriarch, patron, rabbi, sahib, seigneur, seignior, short-order cook, starets, teacher