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noun

the chief cook, especially in a restaurant or hotel, usually responsible for planning menus, ordering foodstuffs, overseeing food preparation, and supervising the kitchen staff.

any cook.

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Origin:
1835–45; < French; see chief

Can be confused: chef, chief.

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

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chef (ʃɛf)

—n
	a cook, esp the principal cook in a restaurant

[C19: from French, from Old French chief head, chief]

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Dictionary.com's 21st Century Lexicon

Main Entry:	chef
Part of Speech:	vi
Definition:	to cook, esp. in a skilled or professional manner
Etymology:	1960-65
Usage:	cheffed, cheffing

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Word Origin & History

chef

1826, from Fr. chef de cuisine, lit. "head of the kitchen," from O.Fr. chief "leader, ruler, head" (see chief).

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