BIGWIG

Meaning of BIGWIG in English

n. colloq. an important person.

Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012

BIGWIG — noun Date: 1703 an important person
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BIGWIG — ˈbigˌwig noun : a person of consequence or self-importance ; especially : one of high official position a couple of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BIGWIG — (a.) A person of consequence; as, the bigwigs of society.
Английский словарь Webster
BIGWIG — ( a. ) A person of consequence; as, the bigwigs of society.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BIGWIG — — bigwigged , adj. — bigwiggedness /big"wig"id nis/ , n. /big"wig'/ , n. Informal. an important person, esp. an official: …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BIGWIG — n. important person, big shot
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BIGWIG — noun Date: 1703 : an important person
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BIGWIG — adj a person of consequence; as, the bigwigs of society.
Webster English vocab
BIGWIG — ■ noun informal an important person. Origin C18: so named from the large wigs formerly worn by distinguished men.
Concise Oxford English vocab
BIGWIG — [big.wig] n (1703): an important person
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BIGWIG — bigwig BrE AmE ˈbɪɡ wɪɡ ▷ bigwig|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BIGWIG — / ˈbɪgwɪg; NAmE / noun ( informal ) an important person : She had to entertain some boring local bigwigs. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BIGWIG — big ‧ wig /ˈbɪɡwɪɡ/ BrE AmE noun [countable] informal an important person: A few of the company bigwigs have their …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BIGWIG — n. colloq. an important person.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BIGWIG — n. colloq. an important person.
Oxford English vocab
BIGWIG — ( bigwigs) If you refer to an important person as a bigwig , you are being rather disrespectful. ( INFORMAL …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BIGWIG — (~s) If you refer to an important person as a ~, you are being rather disrespectful. (INFORMAL) N-COUNT disapproval
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
BIGWIG — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Democrats are not alone in soliciting big-money donations or coupling them with access to political …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BIGWIG — [noun] [C] [informal] - a person who has an important or powerful positionWe were invited to a lunch with local …
Cambridge English vocab
BIGWIG — Synonyms and related words : Establishment, VIP, aristocracy, baron, barons, big boy, big cheese, big gun, big man, big name, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BIGWIG — n. Function: noun Synonyms: NOTABLE 1, big boy, ||big cheese, ||biggie, big gun, ||big noise, big shot, ||big wheel, nabob, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
BIGWIG — noun Synonyms: notable 1, big boy, ||big cheese, ||biggie, big gun, ||big noise, big shot, ||big wheel, nabob, VIP
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
BIGWIG — n. 25B6; noun (informal) VIP, important person, notable, dignitary, grandee; celebrity; informal somebody, heavyweight, big shot, big noise, big gun, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BIGWIG — n. 1 boss, kingpin, king, queen, nabob, VIP, Colloq big-shot, big gun, big cheese, big wheel, hotshot, chief, brass hat, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BIGWIG — (ироничное) важная персона, "шишка" bigwig sl важная персона, "шишка"
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BIGWIG — Важная персона
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
BIGWIG — n ирон. важная персона, «шишка»
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BIGWIG — bigwig сущ.; сленгважная персона, "шишка"
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
BIGWIG — (n) важная персона
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
BIGWIG — (ироничное) важная персона, "шишка" bigwig sl важная персона, "шишка"
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
BIGWIG — n. Pronunciation: ' big- ˌ wig Function: noun Date: 1703 : an important person
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
BIGWIG — n ирон. важная персона, «шишка»
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
BIGWIG — n ирон. важная персона, «шишка»
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BIGWIG — n. важная персона, шишка, воротила
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
BIGWIG — n. важная персона, шишка, воротила
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
BIGWIG — сущ. ; сл. важная персона, "шишка"
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
BIGWIG — сущ.; сл. важная персона, "шишка"
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
BIGWIG — _n. _жарг. важная персона, 'шишка'
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
BIGWIG — n. жарг. важная персона, 'шишка'
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
BIGWIG — важная персона, "шишка"
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
BIGWIG — _n. _жарг. важная персона, "шишка"
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
BIGWIG — [n.] важная персона, « шишка »
Morteza English-Russian Dictionary
BIGWIG — n важная персона, 'шишка'
Англо-Русский словарь - Королев
BIGWIG — важная персона
English-Russian Online Dictionary
BIGWIG — воротила
Англо-Русский словарь

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