a big cheese

(humorous)

an important or powerful person in a group or organization Apparently her father is a big cheese in one of the major banks.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Kalani	-	Hawaiian
Yaffe	-	Hebrew
Klopas	-	Biblical Greek
Bernt	-	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Adela	ə-DEL-ə (English), ah-DE-lah (Polish)	English, Spanish, Romanian, Polish, Ancient Germanic
Ragnvaldr	-	Ancient Scandinavian