bigwig

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

bigwigsbig wigbig-wig

1.
(informal)A person of importance in a group or organization.
The company bigwig is gathering his staff together for a meeting today.
Đồng nghĩa: big cheese, VIP, baron, big cheese, big enchilada, big gun, big kahuna, big man, big name, big noise, big shot, bigwig, big wheel, boss, grand poobah, head honcho, heavy hitter, heavyweight, high muckamuck, high muckety-muck, king of all one surveys, king of the castle, king of the hill, kingpin, macher, mayor, muckamuck, muckety muck, mugwump, numero uno, panjandrum, poobah, rooster, somebody, top banana, top boy, top cat, top dog, top gun, very important person, VIP, wheel

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Đồng nghĩa

big cheeseVIP baronbig enchiladabig gunbig kahunabig manbig namebig noisebig shotbig wheelbossgrand poobahhead honchoheavy hitterheavyweighthigh muckamuckhigh muckety-muckking of all one surveysking of the castle

Cùng gốc / liên quan

bigwiggerybigwigism

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Nguồn gốc từ

First arose in the 1730s, from big + wig. Formerly, English men of authority (such as judges and Members of Parliament) wore wigs. Bigwig plays on the idea that higher authority is denoted by a larger wig.