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Definition of the day : « bigwig »

  • noun important person
Example sentences :
  • And now and again some Bigwig versed in science murmured the word 'Fats.'
  • Extract from : « The Freelands » by John Galsworthy
  • This he said to his private secretary, who came to notice the arrival of some bigwig.
  • Extract from : « Framley Parsonage » by Anthony Trollope
  • Once a year some 'bigwig' comes from Bangalore to review them.
  • Extract from : « Gold, Sport, And Coffee Planting In Mysore » by Robert H. Elliot
  • On the present occasion he welcomed Arkady with all the bonhomie, all the jocosity, of an "enlightened" bigwig.
  • Extract from : « Fathers and Sons » by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
  • And abruptly changing the subject, he talked of pictures to the pleasant Bigwig in the sleepy afternoon.
  • Extract from : « The Freelands » by John Galsworthy
  • A bigwig, with an inordinate ambition to become a minister, (p. 276) invited him to dinner.
  • Extract from : « An Englishman in Paris » by Albert D. (Albert Dresden) Vandam
  • Matvei Ilyitch was just such a bigwig, although he called himself a Liberal.
  • Extract from : « Fathers and Sons » by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
  • He heard me out, looked at my deceased poppies, and arranged a conference with a bigwig from the State Department.
  • Extract from : « Revenge » by Arthur Porges
  • I am told he is a professor, orator, and author, whose ambition makes him the slave of every bigwig.
  • Extract from : « Letters of Two Brides » by Honore de Balzac
  • "I bet you've drawn that Chinese bigwig that's booked from here," said the captain, grinning.
  • Extract from : « The Honorable Percival » by Alice Hegan Rice