bonze
- noun
- /bɒnzeɪ/
- Offensive
:
pez gordo (informal, despect.)
- The local bonze made all the important decisions without consulting others.
Examples
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After his promotion, everyone started treating him like a bonze at the office.
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Why does that bonze think he knows everything?
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Despite his reputation as a bonze, he remained humble and approachable.
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The local bonze made all the important decisions.
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After his promotion, everyone started treating him like a bonze at the office.
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The local bonze made all the important decisions without consulting others.
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Despite his reputation as a bonze, he remained humble and approachable.
Synonyms
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6.9
A person who has an important job in government or the church
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6.9
An important person with power in a company or group
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6.3
A rich, powerful person who seems greedy and has too much power
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9.9
An important, powerful person who is usually wealthy
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9.5
A very important person in a group or organization, often the most powerful
A joking name for a person who has great power in a group
A person who is the most important leader in a field
How Powerful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bonze was later used in older English to mean an important or powerful person, much like the word 'boss', because Europeans often used the name for senior temple leaders and then for any self-important local official.