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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: an important influential person; "he thinks he's a big shot"; "she's a big deal in local politics"; "the Qaeda commander is a very big fish" [syn: big shot, big gun, big wheel, big cheese, big deal, big enchilada, big fish, head honcho]
Merriam Webster's
noun Date: 1929 a person of consequence or prominence< corporate big shots >
Collin's Cobuild Dictionary
(big shots) A big shot is an important and powerful person in a group or organization. (INFORMAL) He's a big shot in Chilean politics. N-COUNT
