Bigwig

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created by Webster 1913
(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:08:07

Big"wig` (?), n. [Big,a.+ wig.]

A person of consequence; as, the bigwigs of society.

[Jocose]

In our youth we have heard him spoken of by the bigwigs with extreme condescension. Dickens.

 

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