pooh bah[noun]Synonyms: notable, big boy, big cheese, big gun, big shot, bigwig, chief, dignitary, eminence, notability
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pooh-bah /ˈpuː bɑː/
noun [countable] informal[
Date: 1800-1900;
Origin: Pooh-Bah, character with the title "Lord-High-Everything-Else" in the operetta The Mikado by W.S.Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan]
someone who is important or powerful – used to show that you do not respect them very much:
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