Meanings
pooh-bah1
plural pooh-bahs · alternative poobah · alternative pooh bah · alternative poo bah · alternative poo-bah · alternative Poo-Bah · alternative Pooh-Bah
- alternativeAlternative form of poobah.
Pooh-Bah2
plural Pooh-Bahs
- alternativeAlternative form of poobah.
1 more example
It is consequently my degrading duty to serve this upstart as First Lord of the Treasury, Lord Chief Justice, Commander-in-Chief, Lord High Admiral, Master of the Buckhounds, Groom of the Back Stairs, Archbishop of Titipu, and Lord Mayor, both acting and elect, all rolled into one. And at a salary! A Pooh-Bah paid for his services!
1885, W[illiam] S[chwenck] Gilbert; Arthur Sullivan, composer, […] The Mikado; or, The Town of Titipu, London: Chappel & Co., […], →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan arrogant or conceited person of importance
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From Pooh-Bah, a comic character in the Gilbert & Sullivan operetta The Mikado (1885).
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