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What is a bigwig?

What is a bigwig? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (humorous) A person of importance to a group or organization.
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Arvind, a college teacher catches Rajkumar, son of a political bigwig, in the examination hall while the latter is copying.
He heard me out, looked at my deceased poppies, and arranged a conference with a bigwig from the State Department.
Matvei Ilyitch was just such a bigwig, although he called himself a Liberal.
My father's a Wall Street bigwig, meaning that he pulls in tons of revenue from cheating off business associates, competitors, and clients.
Local bigwig Jim Rennie, a used-car salesman and councilman, looks to use the dome to seize control of the town.
He is a bigwig and has many contacts, as I discovered when I tried to get a lawyer later to contest his dismissal.

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