Big Cheese Definition

noun
The most important or powerful person in an enterprise or field.
American Heritage
The most important person.
Webster's New World

(idiomatic) A very important figure, especially a high-ranking person in an organization.

He'll be meeting with the big cheese first thing tomorrow, to present his proposal.
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Other Word Forms of Big Cheese

Noun

Singular:
big cheese
Plural:
big-cheeses

Origin of Big Cheese

  • From big + cheese (“wealth, fame, importance”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Probably from cheese

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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