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Definition of Highflier
1. Noun. A person of great ability and ambition.
Definition of Highflier
1. n. One who is extravagant in pretensions, opinions, or manners.
Definition of Highflier
1. Noun. A person who or a type of aircraft that flies at high elevations. ¹
2. Noun. (idiomatic) An ambitious person, especially one who takes risks or has an extravagant lifestyle. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Highflier
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Highflier
Literary usage of Highflier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Race-turf Register, Sportsman's Herald, and General Stud Book by Patrick Nisbett Edgar (1833)
"Got by lH highflier—Gallant—Spanking Roger—IH Tom Jones—thorough bred mare. ...
NB highflier was formerly the property of Wm. Newsom, Esq. and purchased by ..."
2. Campaigns of Curiosity: Journalistic Adventures of an American Girl in London by Elizabeth L. Banks (1895)
"He was so very kind and so American-like in his gallantry, that I felt like
confessing myself a sham ; but the thought of Henrietta highflier, and all the ..."
3. Sargent's School Monthly, for Home and School Use by Epes Sargent (1859)
"This speech was greatly applauded, and Sir Harry highflier, the emperor butterfly,
saying he was well acquainted with a situation every way fit for (he ..."
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