bigwig

bigwig
bigwigged, adj.bigwiggedness /big"wig"id nis/, n.
/big"wig'/, n. Informal.
an important person, esp. an official: senators and other political bigwigs.
[1725-35; rhyming compound from phrase big wig, i.e., person important enough to wear such a wig]

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