D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

higher-up

· high·er-up · IPA
01 n. A superior officer or official; a person having greater rank or station or quality than others; -- used chiefly in pl.
  1. 1.
    A superior officer or official; a person having greater rank or station or quality than others; -- used chiefly in pl.[Slang]