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Definition of Highflyer
1. Noun. A person of great ability and ambition.
Definition of Highflyer
1. Noun. (alternative form of highflier) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Highflyer
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Highflyer
Literary usage of Highflyer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sporting Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02751662] (1833)
"... highflyer. THE SPORTSMAN'S SUMMER—BY DASHWOOD. Fishing in the Tyne (East
Lothian) and its Tributaries—Recollections of Marmion— the Patriot Andrew ..."
2. London by Charles Knight (1851)
"Lord Bolingbroke, ex-husband of Lady Diana Spencer (for whom vide Boswell's 'Life
of Johnson,' passim), sold highflyer to Tattersall, in the beginning of ..."
3. Records of a Girlhood by Fanny Kemble (1879)
"The late Duke of Beaufort, when Marquis of Worcester, used frequently to amuse
himself by driving the famous fast Brighton coach, the highflyer. ..."
4. The Correspondence of the Rev. Robert Wodrow by Robert Wodrow (1842)
"highflyer SERMON ON THE THIRTIETH OF JANUARY. To Mr JH [James Hart.] REV.
DEAR BROTHER,—I have yours of the 7th in due time, and would not let slip this ..."
5. Sporting Anecdotes: Original and Select: Including Characteristic Sketches by Amateur sportsman (1804)
"ALAS, POOR highflyer! HE deserves the pen of an abler writer, ... HERE Ml Til
The perfect and beautiful symmetry Of the much lamented highflyer; By whom, ..."
6. The General Stud Book Containing Pedigrees of English Race Horses, &c. &c by J. S. Skinner (1834)
"Graute, by highflyer c. Galileo (aft. Moorcock) by ditto c. Uriah, by Magnet c.
Speculator, by highflyer —Snap, ate. Ld Clermont D. of Grafton Mr Bullock D. ..."
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