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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a person of great ability and ambition;
[syn: highflier, highflyer]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Highflier \High"fli`er\, n.
   1. One who is extravagant in pretensions, opinions, or
      manners; one who is highfaluting. --Swift.
      [1913 Webster +PJC]

   2. a person of great ability and ambition. [WordNet sense 1]

   Syn: highflyer.
        [WordNet 1.5]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

highflier
    n 1: a person of great ability and ambition [syn: highflier,
         highflyer]