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pooh·-bah (po̵̅o̅′bä′)

noun

Informal an official or leader who maintains full control as by holding several offices

Etymology: after Pooh-Bah, a character in Gilbert & Sullivan's The Mikado (1885) < pooh + bah

Browse dictionary entries near pooh-bah

  1. ‹ pooh
  2. ‹ poof
  3. ‹ poodle
  4. ‹ pood
  5. ‹ pooch
  6. ‹ -poo
  7. ‹ poo-poo
  8. ‹ Ponzi, Charles
  9. ‹ ponytail
  10. ‹ pony express
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