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higher rank |
higher status |
higher thought |
higher up |
higher-ranking |
higher-up
| highering
| highest
| highest common factor
| highfalutin
| highfalutin'
higher-up
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun higher-up has 1 sense
- higher-up(n = noun.person) superior, superordinate - one of greater rank or station or quality; Array is a kind of leader
has particulars: better, god, supervisor
CIDE DICTIONARY
higher-up, n.
A superior officer or official; a person having greater rank or station or quality than others; -- used chiefly in pl. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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