big mann.

Brit.

/ˈbɪɡ man/, U.S.

/ˈbɪɡ ˌmæn/

Inflections: Plural big men.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: big adj., man n.¹

Etymology: < big adj. + man n.¹In sense 2 partly after Tok Pisin bikpela man ( < English big (see big adj.) + Tok Pisin -pela marker of nominal premodifiers (see pfella n.) + English man : see man n.¹) or a variant, and partly after equivalent phrases with the sense ‘important man’ or ‘leader’ in various Melanesian languages (compare e.g. quot. 1946, which refers to the Ngarawapum dialect of the Adzera language). For further discussion compare L. Lindstrom in American Anthropologist 83–4 (1981) 900-905.

a. A man of high status or importance in a social group, organization, business, etc.; a leader, a boss.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > one who is important

persona1425

personagec1460

colossus1605

satrapon1650

bigwig1772

big man1789

butt-cut1806

tallboy1820

buzz-wig1854

great or high shot1861

celestial1874

pot1880

big stuff1883

importance1886

big wheel1893

mandarin1907

the (also a) big noise1909

hotty1910

big boy1918

biggie1926

hotshot1933

wheel1933

eminence1935

top hat1936

big or great white chief1937

Mr Big1940

big kahuna1966

1789 Times 22 Dec. 2/2 The circumstance that happened a short time since in the family of a Big Man in Pall Mall.

1823 J. Doddridge Logan iii. ii. 25 This prisoner looks like a man who has a good head and heart and is a big man among his people.

1875 A. Trollope Way we live Now II. liii. 14 A moment's private conversation with the big man.

1886 Lantern 3 Nov. 3/1 A big man in the boot and shoe trade.

1976 I. M. Lewis Social Anthropol. in Perspective vi. 165 Among the nomads there are big-men and, sometimes, symbolic rather than politically effective clan-heads.

1991 J. Phillips You'll never eat Lunch in this Town Again (1992) 471 With any luck, we'll get a callback tomorrow, and I get to meet the big man himself.

b. North American. big man on (the) campus (also with capital initials): a (superlatively) popular or influential male student at a college or university. Abbreviated BMOC.

ΚΠ

1923 Life 11 Jan. 22/2 Mr. Benchley is..the President of the Senior Class, the Captain of the Crew,..and the one Big Man on the Campus.

1943 Chicago Tribune 25 May 10/6 Today's big man on the campus doesn't sit spooning on sorority steps in the moonlight.

1985 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 20 Nov. The big man on campus, the college star.

2006 People (Electronic ed.) Fall 72 An unlikely romance blooms between a chronically sick girl..and an injured Big Man On Campus.

2. Cultural Anthropology. In Melanesia: a leader of a social group; (now) spec. a leader whose status or authority is founded on characteristics such as economic or social success, rather than heredity.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > [noun] > those in authority > person in authority > head or chief > of a village or community

starosta1591

patel1630

malik1662

penghulu1705

aksakal1811

ratemahatmaya1818

caboceer1836

lambardar1855

thugyi1863

princeps1874

capitao1884

omda1898

luluai1924

big man1927

kadkhoda1934

mukhiya1934

sarpanch1963

headman1997

1927 G. Landtman Kiwai Papuans of Brit. New Guinea x. 169 The great chiefs..seem always to have acted in connection with the other ‘big men’.

1935 M. Mead Sex & Temperament Primitive Societies vii. 111 He was destined to be a big man, there would be a great deal of very onerous work to be done.

1946 Oceania 17 113 Such men are known as the garam tzira, big men.

1959 Amer. Anthropologist 61 427 The most important men are ‘big men’ or ‘men with name’, individuals who attract followers and wield influence because..they possess qualities which their fellows admire.

2005 J. Diamond Collapse (2006) ix. 284 Instead of hereditary leaders or chiefs, there were just individuals, called ‘big-men’, who by force of personality were more influential than other individuals.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	big man
释义	big mann. Brit. /ˈbɪɡ man/, U.S. /ˈbɪɡ ˌmæn/ Inflections: Plural big men. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: big adj., man n.¹ Etymology: < big adj. + man n.¹In sense 2 partly after Tok Pisin bikpela man ( < English big (see big adj.) + Tok Pisin -pela marker of nominal premodifiers (see pfella n.) + English man : see man n.¹) or a variant, and partly after equivalent phrases with the sense ‘important man’ or ‘leader’ in various Melanesian languages (compare e.g. quot. 1946, which refers to the Ngarawapum dialect of the Adzera language). For further discussion compare L. Lindstrom in American Anthropologist 83–4 (1981) 900-905. 1. a. A man of high status or importance in a social group, organization, business, etc.; a leader, a boss. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > one who is important persona1425 personagec1460 colossus1605 satrapon1650 bigwig1772 big man1789 butt-cut1806 tallboy1820 buzz-wig1854 great or high shot1861 celestial1874 pot1880 big stuff1883 importance1886 big wheel1893 mandarin1907 the (also a) big noise1909 hotty1910 big boy1918 biggie1926 hotshot1933 wheel1933 eminence1935 top hat1936 big or great white chief1937 Mr Big1940 big kahuna1966 1789 Times 22 Dec. 2/2 The circumstance that happened a short time since in the family of a Big Man in Pall Mall. 1823 J. Doddridge Logan iii. ii. 25 This prisoner looks like a man who has a good head and heart and is a big man among his people. 1875 A. Trollope Way we live Now II. liii. 14 A moment's private conversation with the big man. 1886 Lantern 3 Nov. 3/1 A big man in the boot and shoe trade. 1976 I. M. Lewis Social Anthropol. in Perspective vi. 165 Among the nomads there are big-men and, sometimes, symbolic rather than politically effective clan-heads. 1991 J. Phillips You'll never eat Lunch in this Town Again (1992) 471 With any luck, we'll get a callback tomorrow, and I get to meet the big man himself. b. North American. big man on (the) campus (also with capital initials): a (superlatively) popular or influential male student at a college or university. Abbreviated BMOC. ΚΠ 1923 Life 11 Jan. 22/2 Mr. Benchley is..the President of the Senior Class, the Captain of the Crew,..and the one Big Man on the Campus. 1943 Chicago Tribune 25 May 10/6 Today's big man on the campus doesn't sit spooning on sorority steps in the moonlight. 1985 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 20 Nov. The big man on campus, the college star. 2006 People (Electronic ed.) Fall 72 An unlikely romance blooms between a chronically sick girl..and an injured Big Man On Campus. 2. Cultural Anthropology. In Melanesia: a leader of a social group; (now) spec. a leader whose status or authority is founded on characteristics such as economic or social success, rather than heredity. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [noun] > those in authority > person in authority > head or chief > of a village or community starosta1591 patel1630 malik1662 penghulu1705 aksakal1811 ratemahatmaya1818 caboceer1836 lambardar1855 thugyi1863 princeps1874 capitao1884 omda1898 luluai1924 big man1927 kadkhoda1934 mukhiya1934 sarpanch1963 headman1997 1927 G. Landtman Kiwai Papuans of Brit. New Guinea x. 169 The great chiefs..seem always to have acted in connection with the other ‘big men’. 1935 M. Mead Sex & Temperament Primitive Societies vii. 111 He was destined to be a big man, there would be a great deal of very onerous work to be done. 1946 Oceania 17 113 Such men are known as the garam tzira, big men. 1959 Amer. Anthropologist 61 427 The most important men are ‘big men’ or ‘men with name’, individuals who attract followers and wield influence because..they possess qualities which their fellows admire. 2005 J. Diamond Collapse (2006) ix. 284 Instead of hereditary leaders or chiefs, there were just individuals, called ‘big-men’, who by force of personality were more influential than other individuals. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1789
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