bonze
Meaning
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- (masculine) bonze (Buddhist priest)
- (masculine) boss, bigwig
Concepts
big shot
bonze
big fish in a small pond
fat cat
Hyphenated as
bon‧ze
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbɔn.zə/
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 凡僧. The sense “bigwig” derives from German Bonze.
New
bonzen
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- (intransitive) to thump, knock
- (intransitive) to throb, bounce, pulsate
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