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What is a poobah?

What is a poobah? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A person who holds multiple offices or positions of power at the same time.
  2. A leader or other important person.
  3. A pompous, self-important person.
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We didn't have the county's redevelopment poobah, pimping some blighted acres that might be profitably used as a Wal-Mart site.
I mean, I don't want to sound like the grand poobah, but I'm so happy with the way things are going professionally.
The grand poobah of primetime karaoke took great exception to this.
Someone suggested that Jack become grand poobah of his men's club, and that was the first moment we realized that we couldn't have anything happen to Jack.
For health reasons, this grand poobah of Congress was eating fish.
The magazine has most recently been commemorating its 120th anniversary, encouraging chatter that its grand poobah, Anna Wintour, is planning to leave her post pretty soon.

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