a big wheel

An important, successful, or influential person. After Mark successfully persuaded both sides to pass the budget, people considered him to be quite a big wheel in the political arena.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Marvin	MAHR-vin (English), MAHR-veen (German)	English, German
Denisa	de-NEE-sah (Romanian)	Czech, Slovak, Romanian
Asli	-	Turkish
Henson	['hensən]
Marissa	mə-RIS-ə	English
Carolus	-	Ancient Germanic (Latinized)