Pooh Bah
[ poo bah ]
/ ˈpu ˌbɑ /
noun (often lowercase)
a person who holds several positions, especially ones that give him or her bureaucratic importance.
a leader, authority, or other important person: one of the pooh bahs of the record industry.
a pompous, self-important person.
Also
Pooh-Bah,
poobah.
Origin of Pooh Bah
First recorded in 1880–85; after a character in Gilbert and Sullivan's
The Mikado, who holds all of the high offices of state simultaneously and uses them for personal gain
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British Dictionary definitions for pooh-bah
Pooh-Bah
/ (ˈpuːˈbɑː) /
noun
a pompous self-important official holding several offices at once and fulfilling none of them
Word Origin for Pooh-Bah
C19: after the character, the Lord-High-Everything-Else, in
The Mikado (1885), a light opera by Gilbert and Sullivan
Cultural definitions for pooh-bah
Pooh-Bah
A self-important person of high position and great influence. Pooh-Bah is a character in Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta The Mikado; his title is Lord-High-Everything-Else.