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bigwig::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | kingpin, top banana |
| Type of | important person, influential person, personage |
Examples of bigwig
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One bigwig says the rules will make India a harder place to operate in than China.
From the economist.com
This time he left the right way, getting the approval of CBS bigwig Leslie Moonves.
From the latimes.com
Calls himself a Birmingham bigwig, she was taken to a hospital in Birmingham.
From the couriermail.com.au
It wasn't the first time some bigwig had taped a campaign robo-call message.
From the washingtonpost.com
A former Israeli-TV bigwig, Shinar is credited with helping to establish Israel's No.
From the techcrunch.com
It's the new Canadian bigwig and not the guy found guilty who is depicted.
From the en.wikipedia.org
If this guy is a OC Republican bigwig then the party has a HUGE problem.
From the ocregister.com
John Houseman appears as a corporate bigwig, but the movie's stunts are the true stars.
From the dispatch.com
Perhaps the primary concern would be which city bigwig would finance the victory parade.
From the boston.com
- Kingpin: the most important person in a group or undertaking
- Bigwig is a hardcore punk band from New Jersey, formed in 1995. They were originally composed of Josh Farrell (guitar), John Castaldo (bass), Tom Petta (guitar/vocals), and Dan Rominski (drums). ...
- BIGWIG is an interest group for the Library Information and Technology Association, a division of the American Library Association.
- Bigwig is a domain-specific language designed to build web applications. It is implemented as an Apache module and runs under the Linux and Sun Solaris operating systems. No version is available for Microsoft Windows. ...
- This is a list of characters in Watership Down, a 1972 novel by Richard Adams. The majority also appear in the 1978 feature film adaptation and/or 1996 follow-up collection of short stories.
- A person of importance to a group or organization
- (Big-wigs) This slang term for men in high positions gathers its meaning from the fact that senior officers in the old British Navy actually did wear huge wigs.
- It originates from the fashion trend of the 18th century. The size of your wig signified your social position, if you had a "big wig" you were someone of importance. This took on a whole, new meaning when king Louis XIV of France sported enormous and long wigs to compensate... for something... ...
- A large rabbit who was formerly an officer in the Sandleford Owsla. His name is Lapine is Thlayli, which means "Fur-head" and refers to the shock of fur on the back of his head. ...
