grand poobah
See also: Grand Poobah
English
Rutland Barrington, the original Pooh-Bah
Alternative forms
- Grand Poobah
Etymology
From Pooh-Bah, the name of a character in Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera The Mikado (1885).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɹænd ˈpuːbɑː/
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Noun
grand poobah (plural grand poobahs)
- (idiomatic, colloquial, often humorous) A person who is important or high-ranking.
- He once played golf with the grand poobah of their company.
- An extremely pompous person.
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:important person.
Related terms
- poobah
Further reading
Grand Poobah on Wikipedia.Wikipedia