(US, informal) An important person, often in the negative sense of self-important; a bigwig.
(US, informal) An important person, often in the negative sense of self-important; a bigwig.
An ordinary man doesn’t jump the Snake River Canyon / with nothing underneath his ass / but a two-wheeled, fin-stabilised X-1 Skycycle / and a seven-figure guarantee from some macher in LA.
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(UK, Ireland, slang) A scheming opportunist.
(North America, colloquial) A person in a position of power, authority, or status.
(idiomatic) A person with a great deal of power or influence, especially a high-ranking person in an organization.
(US, colloquial) A high muckamuck; a person (especially self-important) in a position of power, authority, or status.
(countable, colloquial, sometimes, derogatory, originally, US) A person in a position of power or authority, or of high status.