Big'-wig, n.
n. A person of consequence; as, the big-wigs of society. [Cant.] In our youth we have heard him spoken of by the big-wigs with extreme condescension. Dickens.
n. A person of consequence; as, the big-wigs of society. [Cant.] In our youth we have heard him spoken of by the big-wigs with extreme condescension. Dickens.