kahuna

ka·huna

in traditional Hawaiian society, a person with specialized knowledge of ritual, agriculture, navigation, sorcery, etc.
Slang any person or thing having larger-than-life power, authority, or repute: a hyperbolic and humorous usage
usually in the phrase the big kahuna

Origin of kahuna

Hawaiian

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Noun

(plural kahunas or kahuna)

Origin

Borrowed from Hawaiian word kahuna (“a shaman or wizard”).