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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Bigwig

/bĭgʹwĭg/ · Big·wig · IPA /ˈbɪɡ.wɪɡ/
01 n. A person of consequence; as, the bigwigs of society.
  1. 1.
    A person of consequence; as, the bigwigs of society.[Jocose]
    “In our youth we have heard him spoken of by the bigwigs with extreme condescension.” Dickens.