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poo-bah

/ˈpuːbɑː/

poo-bah is the alternative form of poobah.

Meaning of poobah

Noun

poobah (plural poobahs)

  1. A person who holds multiple offices or positions of power at the same time.
  2. A leader or other important person.
    • ‘I said pooh-pooh,’ Duxmann Pooh Bah said.1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 112
  3. A pompous, self-important person.

Noun capitalized: Poo-Bah

Poo-Bah (plural Poo-Bahs)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of poobah.

Forms of poo-bah

pluralpoo-bahs
alternative formpoobah
alternative formpooh bah
alternative formpooh-bah
alternative formpoo bah
alternative formPoo-Bah
alternative formPooh-Bah
pluralPoo-Bahs
alternative formpoo-bah

Origin of poo-bah

From Pooh-Bah, a comic character in the Gilbert & Sullivan operetta The Mikado.

Words formed from poo-bah

Questions about poo-bah

What is poo-bah the alternative form of?
Poo-bah is the alternative form of poobah.
What part of speech is poo-bah?
Poo-bah is a noun.
How do you pronounce poo-bah?
Poo-bah is pronounced /ˈpuːbɑː/.
What is the plural of poo-bah?
The plural of poo-bah is poo-bahs.

Words near poo-bah in the dictionary

  1. poo pooed
  2. poo pooing
  3. poo poos
  4. poo tickets
  5. poo tube
  6. poo-bah
  7. poo-bahs
  8. poo-poo
  9. poo-pooed
  10. poo-pooing
  11. poo-poos

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Adapted from Wiktionary: poo-bah (page history and authors); Poo-Bah (page history and authors); poobah (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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