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bigwig Definition

big·wig (-wig′)

noun

Informal an important, influential person

Etymology: from the large wigs once worn by judges and others of distinction

bigwig Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • meet: Fourteen glasses A British diplomat once described how he went to the Caucasus to met some local bigwigs.

Adjective modifier

  • local: Fourteen glasses A British diplomat once described how he went to the Caucasus to met some local bigwigs.
  • other: Time day or orange city on about other bigwigs ride of.
  • corporate: The Website was designed in-house with you in mind, not some corporate bigwig.

Noun used with modifier

  • industry: Texprint offers a carefully selected group of graduates from all over the UK their first opportunity to meet press and industry bigwigs.
  • TV: Fellow speaker Hamish Barbour of independent TV production bigwigs IWC had his own war stories to tell.
  • medium: They beat off competition from media bigwigs led by Ginger's Chris Evans.
  • ambulance: Since a power surge would potentially affect every station, this was cause for ambulance bigwigs to declare a major incident.
  • university: Because the only activity you'll be taking part in is canoeing when the university bigwigs sell you down the river.
  • oil: Fiona makes contact with an oil company bigwig and uses the knowledge of her extra-marital affair to blackmail her for information.

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