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high·er-up (hr-p)

n. Informal

One who has a rank, position, or status superior to others.

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higher-up

n

Informal a person of higher rank or in a superior position

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higher-up - one of greater rank or station or quality superior, superordinate leader - a person who rules or guides or inspires others better - a superior person having claim to precedence; "the common man has been kept in his place by his betters" god - a man of such superior qualities that he seems like a deity to other people; "he was a god among men" supervisor - one who supervises or has charge and direction of

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higher-up

noun (Informal) superior, senior, manager, director, executive, boss, gaffer (informal, chiefly Brit.), baas (S. African) Bureau higher-ups have been quoted criticizing the director.