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proto.

chief of a workforce

5 characters2 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈprɔ.to/
  1. chief of a workforce

    archaic · dialectal · masculine
  2. an architect in charge of maintenance and restoration of St Mark's Basilica

    masculine · regional
  3. the chief worker in a print shop, in charge of composition and layout

    masculine
  4. typographer, typographist

    broadly · masculine
  5. know-it-all

    archaic · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”).

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