Big″wig′ (�), n. [Big, a. + wig.] A person of consequence; as, the bigwigs of society.
In our youth we have heard him spoken of by the bigwigs with extreme condescension.
Dickens.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.