Synonyms for pooh-bah

Grammar : Noun

Spell : poo bah

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpu ˌbɑ

Top 10 synonyms for pooh-bah

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Définition of pooh-bah

Origin : "leader who maintains excessive bureaucratic control," 1888, from Pooh-Bah, the name of the "Lord High Everything Else" character in Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Mikado" (1885).

As in notable : noun person who is famous, important
As in bigwig : noun important person

Example sentences :

“Pooh-Bah will do a better job than I could,” Fay assured him.
Extract from : « The Creature from Cleveland Depths » by Fritz Reuter Leiber

But Pooh-Bah declares "I must set bounds to my insatiable ambition."
Extract from : « The Secrets of a Savoyard » by Henry A. Lytton

A corporation is not a commercial Pooh-Bah, divided into unrelated sections.
Extract from : « The Promise Of American Life » by Herbert David Croly

Pooh-Bah, it seems that the festivities in connection with my approaching marriage must last a week.
Extract from : « The Open Secret of Ireland » by T. M. Kettle

Pooh-Bah finished page two and began to race through page three.
Extract from : « The Creature from Cleveland Depths » by Fritz Reuter Leiber

Fay sighed and gave simultaneously with Pooh-Bah the now-familiar triple-jointed shrug.
Extract from : « The Creature from Cleveland Depths » by Fritz Reuter Leiber

Clearly the boss tickler (which was how they thought of Pooh-bah) led an energetic life.
Extract from : « The Creature from Cleveland Depths » by Fritz Reuter Leiber

Great should be the gratitude of passage-selling Combines to Pooh-Bah; and they ought to cherish his memory when he dies.
Extract from : « Notes on Life and Letters » by Joseph Conrad

The bystanders looked at one another blankly, and at last the concentrated gaze fell upon the Pooh-Bah of the town.
Extract from : « The Daughter of Anderson Crow » by George Barr McCutcheon

Every one of us, or almost every one of us, does in reality fulfil almost as many offices as Pooh-Bah.
Extract from : « Varied Types » by G. K. Chesterton

Antonyms for pooh-bah

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