Definitions
the most important person in a group or undertaking
Word origin
First arose in the 1730s, from big + wig. Formerly, English men of authority wore wigs. Bigwig plays on the idea that higher authority is denoted by a larger wig.
Used in a sentence
“The company bigwig is gathering his staff together for a meeting today.”
“[…] more innocently, and no doubt profitably, than if he had dined at a big-wig's board or bemused himself with smoke and beer among his brethren of the pen.”
“Before her hay-day, she attended many derbys under her dad's celebrity where she'd hobnob with the bigwigs in Millionaire's Row.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Important person”6 letters
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