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kahuna

Main Entry:: ka·hu·na
Pronunciation:: \kə-ˈhü-nə\
Function:: noun
Etymology:: Hawaiian
Date:: 1875

1 : a Hawaiian shaman 2 : a preeminent person or thing : big gun <the industry's big kahuna, with…57 percent of the market — A. E. Serwer>

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