noun
- a person who holds an important or impressive position, especially one who is self-important or pompous
Usage: informal; often used humorously or critically
Examples
- The company's new poobah arrived at the meeting in a limousine.
- He acts like a poobah, but he's really just a middle manager.
- The local poobah decided to cut the ribbon at the grand opening.
- She was tired of dealing with all the poobahs in the corporate office.
- The poobah strutted around the conference room as if he owned the place.
- Even the biggest poobah in town couldn't get a reservation at that restaurant.