| Webster's Online Dictionary |
Date "BIG-WIG" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1827. (references) |
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Literature | Big-wig (A ). A person in authority, a "nob." Of course, the term arises from the custom of judges, bishops, and so on, wearing large wigs. Bishops no longer wear them. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
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