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big beast

big beast noun: a prominent and influential politician, especially one seen as a leader or major player within a party or faction.

Noun

big beast (plural big beasts)

  1. (UK) A prominent and influential politician, especially one seen as a leader or major player within a party or faction.
    • But business has become less keen both on Europe and on him, while the erstwhile Tory big beasts, such as Ken Clarke, Michael Heseltine, Douglas Hurd and Chris Patten, have been strident critics of his Iraq policy.2004, The Economist
    • Despite the reluctance of New Labour big beasts such as Charles Clarke, Stephen Byers, or Alan Milburn, and the hesitations of David Miliband and Alan Johnson, Gordon Brown was elected unopposed.2010 February 12, Florence Faucher-King, Patrick Le Galés, The New Labour Experiment: Change and Reform Under Blair and Brown, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 153

Forms of big beast

pluralbig beasts

Questions about big beast

What does big beast mean?
Big beast means a prominent and influential politician, especially one seen as a leader or major player within a party or faction.
What part of speech is big beast?
Big beast is a noun.
What is the plural of big beast?
The plural of big beast is big beasts.

Words near big beast in the dictionary

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  2. big bats
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  4. Big Bear Lake
  5. Big Bear Valley
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  8. big beat
  9. Big Ben
  10. Big Bend
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