bonze (Buddhist priest in Japan) · self-interested dignitary · capitalist, fat cat; leading figure of the propertied class
çekim: çoğul Bonzen · tamlayan Bonzen
eş: Hochgestellter, Hochstehender
köken: Borrowed from French bonze.
bonze, Buddhist priest · leader, bigwig
çekim: çoğul bonzes
köken: Borrowed from Portuguese bonzo, from Japanese 凡僧 (bonzō).
aile: bonzerie
big shot; big cheese; higher-up
çekim: çoğul altos cargos
vavasour · bigwig
çekim: çoğul barbassori
sucker, fool
çekim: çoğul bobo's
köken: Borrowed from Sranan Tongo bobo, from Portuguese bobo or alternatively Spanish bobo.
🔊 1983 November 10, M.H., "Bobo's", Nieuwsblad van het Noorden , vol. 96, no. 265, page 19. Drukke dagen voor bobo's in het Noorden.
big shot (a person with a reputation of importance or power) · know-it-all (someone who claims to be knowledgeable or an expert in something) · bully (person who is cruel to others, especially those who are weaker)
çekim: çoğul bambambãs
köken: Borrowed from Kimbundu mbamba (“master”), with reduplication.
something good or pleasant · a big shot, an important person, a high-ranking official
çekim: çoğul höjdares · tamlayan höjdares
köken: höjd + -are
🔊 Hennes sista film var ingen höjdare
🔊 Att gå upp vid femtiden var ingen höjdare
🔊 Hans fru är någon sorts höjdare inom bankvärlden
big cheese, bigwig
çekim: çoğul grube ryby · tamlayan grubej ryby
eş: figura, oficjel, rekin, szyszka, szycha, ważniak
köken: Literally, “big fish”.
important, primary
köken: From महत्त्व (mahattva, “importance”) + -पूर्ण (-pūrṇ, “full, total”).
key person
çekim: çoğul avainhenkilöt · tamlayan avainhenkilön
köken: avain (“key”) + henkilö (“person”)
🔊 Hän on asiantuntemuksensa ansiosta projektin avainhenkilö.
sportsman, athlete · a man who successfully achieved something · guy, dude (man; human male)
çekim: çoğul borci · tamlayan borce
eş: pašák, třída, frajer, eso, týpek, maník
köken: Borrowed from Russian боре́ц (boréc, “fighter”) from боро́ться (borótʹsja, “to fight”). First attested in the 19th century.
aile: borka, borkyně
cock of the walk, champion · kingpin, leader, leading or top figure, boss, big wheel · mastermind
çekim: çoğul gembong-gembong
köken: Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦺꦩ꧀ꦧꦺꦴꦁ (gémbong, “leader”).
aile: gembong kartel, gembong mafia, gembong narkoba, gembong teroris
bigwig, panjandrum
çekim: çoğul boic mhóra · tamlayan boic mhóir
cmn 🔊 大事 , 大人物 , 大腕兒 /大腕儿 , 權勢之人 /权势之人 , 要人 , 頭面人物 /头面人物