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/vˈɛri ɪmpˈɔrtənt pˈərsən/ Listen

Very important person

noun

An important or influential (and often overbearing) person. Synonyms: dignitary, high-up, high muckamuck, panjandrum, VIP.

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"Very important person" Quotes from Famous Books

... "Are you a very important person that they should bother to do that? You see," she added in explanation, "I don't even know your name or where you come from, only that you told me you worked in a shop which," she added reflectively, looking at him, ...

— Stella Fregelius • H. Rider Haggard

... to her willing feet. When Hannah, the cook, who never had known Miss Helena, went to the parlor an hour later on some errand to her old mistress, she discovered that this stranger guest must be a very important person. She had never seen the tea-table look exactly as it did that night, and in the parlor itself there were fresh blossoming boughs in the old East India jars, and lilies in the paneled hall, and flowers everywhere, as if there were some ...

— The Queen's Twin and Other Stories • Sarah Orne Jewett

Words linked to "Very important person" : important person, influential person, personage