Chef \Chef\, n. [F.]
   1. A chief or head person.
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   2. The head cook of large establishment, as a club, a family,
      etc.
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   3. (Her.) Same as Chief.
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	chef
    n 1: a professional cook

	

	38 Moby Thesaurus words for "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