grand poobah
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From Pooh-Bah, the name of a character in Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera The Mikado (1885).
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grand poobah (plural grand poobahs)
- (idiomatic, colloquial, often humorous) A person who is important or high-ranking.
- He once played golf with the grand poobah of their company.
- An extremely pompous person.
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- Grand Poobah on Wikipedia.Wikipedia