Definition of pooh-bah
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:a person holding many public or private offices
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:a person in high position or of great influence
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Origin and Etymology of pooh-bah
Pooh-Bah, character in Gilbert and Sullivan's opera The Mikado (1885) bearing the title Lord-High-Everything-Else
pooh-bah Synonyms
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big, big boy, big cheese, bigfoot, biggie, big gun, big leaguer, big-timer, big wheel, bigwig, fat cat, heavy, heavy hitter, heavyweight, high-muck-a-muck (or high-muckety-muck), honcho, kahuna, kingfish, kingpin, major leaguer, muckety-muck (also muck-a-muck or mucky-muck), nabob, nawab, nibs, nob [chiefly British], pooh-bah (also poo-bah), wheelAntonyms
lightweight, nobody, nonentity, nothing, shrimp, twerp, whippersnapper, zero, zilchRelated Words
baron, czar (also tsar or tzar), king, lion, magnate, mogul, prince, tycoon; VIPNear Antonyms
inferior, subordinate, underling; mediocrity, obscurityPOOH-BAH Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of pooh-bah for English Language Learners
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: a person who has a lot of power or influence
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