big-timer

noun

big-timer

noun

Etymology From big time + -er.

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:

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