a big wheel



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.
See also: big, wheel

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Urh-Slovene
Gu&Eth;Brandr-Ancient Scandinavian
Rino-Italian
WilsonWIL-sənEnglish
Emrys-Welsh
Theresiatə-RAY-see-ah (Dutch)German, Dutch, Swedish