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Definition of Bigwig
1. Noun. The most important person in a group or undertaking.
Generic synonyms: Important Person, Influential Person, Personage
Definition of Bigwig
1. n. A person of consequence; as, the bigwigs of society.
Definition of Bigwig
1. Noun. (context: jocose) A person of importance to a group or organization ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bigwig
1. an important person [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bigwig
Literary usage of Bigwig
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Briefs and Papers: Sketches of the Bar and the Press by Thomas Wemyss Reid, Charles Russell Russell of Killowen (1872)
"... bigwig therefore confines himself in his opening address to the jury to giving
them merely such a general outline of the plaintiff's case as will enable ..."
2. The New York Medical Times (1896)
"bigwig, from New York, was present. He was one of the above named stamp, and was
diligent ... Here's an instance of the piratic energy of " bigwig from the ..."
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