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Synonyms:
- heavy hitter, lion, authority figure, major leaguer, the glitterati, heavyweight, kahuna, kingpin, leading light, nawab, big, big wheel, big gun, somebody, kingfish, pooh-bah, character, big cheese, notable, someone, nibs, high-muck-a-muck, magnate, figure, mover and shaker, big leaguer, the jet set, big boy, burgher, mogul, notability, VIP, important, bigwig, dignitary, honcho, personage, big-timer, dowager, wheel, brat pack, leader, heavy, eminence, muckety-muck, muckamuck, nob, prime mover, Brahmin, fat cat, bigfoot, millionaire, billionaire, the haves, big shot, biggie, a force to be reckoned with
Examples:
- - It was late in the afternoon when Newton arrived at the residence of the colonel, when he perceived immediately that everything was on the establishment of an old Indian nabob. - "Newton Forster", Frederick Marryat
- - As they left the box the girl's white- haired, prematurely aged father whispered in the pretty stepmother's ear: " Jasmine'll marry that nabob- you'll see." - "The Judgment House", Gilbert Parker
- - Your Committee find that the late Lord Clive constantly asserted that the salt trade in Bengal had been a monopoly time immemorial,- that it ever was and ever must be a monopoly,- and that Coja Wazid, and other merchants long before him, had given to the Nabob and his ministers two hundred thousand pounds per annum for the exclusive privilege. - "The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. VIII. (of 12)", Edmund Burke
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