bigwig
ˈbɪgˌwɪg-
(n)
bigwig
the most important person in a group or undertaking
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Bigwig
A person of consequence; as, the bigwigs of society. "In our youth we have heard him spoken of by the bigwigs with extreme condescension."
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(n)
bigwig
A great man; a person of consequence; one high in authority or rank.
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Bigwig
(colloq.) a leading man, a person of some importance
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary Big,(a.)+ wig,
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary M. E. big; origin very obscure—Skeat suggests that it is bilg, the l being dropped, and compares Ice. belgja, to puff out.
Republican bigwigs and others are obviously disgruntled over Mitt Romney's loss. blog.syracuse.com
It's fun and game shows for former Beeb bigwig. broadcastingcable.com
Photography by M. Despite his bigwig status in the fashion world, A/X Armani Exchange president and CEO Bratcher makes the point that there's more to a guy than his clothes. out.com
San Diego Gas & Electric brought out city and county bigwigs to help show off what they will officially be known as Copter 3 or Helo-Tanker 3. nbcsandiego.com
Ref-ergate Regurgitate: One week after making a mockery of their sport by declaring that Golden Tate's "catch" was the correct call at the end of the Seahawks-Packers game, NFL bigwigs have announced that Santa Claus is real, O.J. kitsapsun.com
Some cops irate that bigwigs weren't fired. philly.com
A Host of bigwigs decided to spend Thanksgiving in the sun this year. nypost.com
So says carmaker ZiL, the manufacturer of this new Russian-built limousine soon to transport bigwigs in that country. globalpost.com
So says carmaker ZiL, the manufacturer of a new Russian-built limousine soon to transport bigwigs in that country. globalpost.com
WSU student leaders, Tampa bigwigs mingle . standard.net
Inside information from the bigwigs of the wireless world. sciam.com
You can have dinner with President Obama at Dem bigwig David L Cohen's Philadelphia home next Thursday, but it's going to cost you plenty. philly.com
But did you know actions like this where bigwig tech executives put false or embellished information on their resumes is having a reverberating effect on your job search. communityjournal.net
Contractor working with the US government's defense and intelligence organizations is top heavy with former military or intelligence bigwigs. baselinemag.com
Armani, Prada, and Other Bigwigs Unite to Save Milan Fashion Week. nymag.com
Just as there are bigwigs elsewhere, there are big mitres in the Church. "Les Misérables Complete in Five Volumes" by
I only wish some of the bigwigs who've never been out of an office could see it. "A Millionaire of Yesterday" by
You want old Bigwig to give you five pounds. "In Honour's Cause" by
It was also hinted that he could tell the bigwigs a thing or two if he had been consulted in affairs of State. "The Idler Magazine, Volume III, April 1893" by
Friends and comrades, these bigwigs here have sworn our ruin. "The Day of Wrath" by
Innocent historical dramas were passed by the censor, and afterward it was found that in them some local bigwig was flayed without mercy. "Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8" by
The individual bigwig had a very large retinue, the members of which appear to have held very strongly to the theory of one man, one job. "The Romance of Names" by
Here come the bigwigs! "A Patriotic Schoolgirl" by
I shall see you an admiral among the scientific bigwigs yet. "Witness to the Deed" by
The bigwigs expect him to do a good deal there. "The Letters of Charles Dickens" by
And the merchants are all up a tree.
When the bigwigs are brought to the Bankruptcy Court,
What chance for a squatter like me.
Though he prig but a kiss in a bigwig's carriage;
For the cock of an eye or the lift of his reins,
They would run barefoot through Patrick's Plains.
