Pooh-Bah (redirected from pooh-bahs)

Pooh-Bah or pooh-bah  (pbä)

n.

1. A pompous ostentatious official, especially one who, holding many offices, fulfills none of them.

2. A person who holds high office.

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[After Pooh-Bah, Lord-High-Everything-Else, a character in The Mikado by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan.]

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Pooh-Bah [ˈpuːˈbɑː]

n

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a pompous self-important official holding several offices at once and fulfilling none of them

[after the character, the Lord-High-Everything-Else, in The Mikado (1885), a light opera by Gilbert and Sullivan]

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Noun

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pooh-bah - an arrogant or conceited person of importance high-muck-a-muck important person, influential person, personage - a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events