1. someone (or something) expected to achieve great success in a given field; - Example: "this company is the great white hope of the nuclear industry's waste management policy" [syn: white hope, great white hope]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
white hope
n 1: someone (or something) expected to achieve great success in
a given field; "this company is the great white hope of the
nuclear industry's waste management policy" [syn: white
hope, great white hope]