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What (who) is bigwig - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Big wig; Big-wig; Bigwigs; Big-wigs; Big wigs; Bigwig (disambiguation)
bigwig
¦ noun informal an important person.
Origin
C18: so named from the large wigs formerly worn by distinguished men.
bigwig
(bigwigs)
If you refer to an important person as a bigwig, you are being rather disrespectful. (INFORMAL)
N-COUNT [disapproval]
Bigwig
·adj A person of consequence; as, the bigwigs of society.
Wikipedia
Bigwig
Bigwig may refer to:
- Bigwig (band)
- Bigwig (Watership Down), a character in the novel Watership Down
- BIGWIG (library organization), an interest group of the Library Information and Technology Association, a division of the American Library Association
- long wigs worn as court dress, on special ceremonial occasions
Examples of use of bigwig
1. He is proud of his "toff" credentials, and is a bigwig in the Countryside Alliance.
2. Last week Mr Musharraf vowed to arrest every extremist "bigwig" in Pakistan.
3. His father was an ambassador to some African country – a bigwig." "Who?" "My classmate.
4. "Everyone –– the staffers in the other campaigns, the bigwig political observers in the state –– is scratching their heads.
5. Whether these initiatives are the real deal or a case of yet another bigwig talking the talk remains to be seen. ‘Give him four years,‘ Hill says.