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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a wealthy and privileged person

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1928 1. a. a wealthy contributor to a political campaign fund b. a wealthy and privileged person c. big shot 2. a lethargic complacent person • fat-cat adjective

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(fat cats) If you refer to a businessman or politician as a fat cat, you are indicating that you disapprove of the way they use their wealth and power. (INFORMAL BUSINESS) ...the fat cats who run the bank. N-COUNT [disapproval]

Moby Thesaurus

Daddy Warbucks, big cheese, big chief, big shot, big-timer, billionaire, bloated plutocrat, capitalist, heavyweight, man of means, man of substance, man of wealth, millionaire, moneybags, moneyed man, muck, mugwump, multimillionaire, nabob, parvenu, plutocrat, rich man, richling, warm man, wealthy man