big-timer

noun

A major player in the field in question: someone who is in the big time

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Meanings

nounbig-timer (plural big-timers)

plural big-timers

  1. A major player in the field in question: someone who is in the big time

    The small-timers, as he put it, kept their currency in their homes, in safes, in false ceilings, under beds. When necessary, our tax people know where to look. The big-timers, however, use Swiss banks.

    1992, Shashi Tharoor, Show Business: A Novel, page 144

Origin

From big time + -er.

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APA

big-timer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/big-timer

MLA

“big-timer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/big-timer. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “big-timer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/big-timer.

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