big men
Towering male figures
Big men is the plural of big man, referring to men of large physical stature or, more often, men of importance and influence.
In politics and anthropology, a big man is a leader whose power derives from personal achievements and persuasion rather than hereditary status: The village big men gathered to settle the dispute.
In basketball, big men are the taller players—centers and power forwards.
- bossesManagers or raised studs
- chieftainsLeaders of clans
- clan leadersHeads of kinship groups
- tribal chiefsLeaders of indigenous groups
- magnatesWealthy, powerful industrialists
top brass · frontcourts · low post · power forward · behemoths · elders · oligarchs · leviathans · captains of industry · moguls · patriarchs · rebounding · tycoons · kingpins · elite · executives · notables · shell money
- Melanesian beliefsancestor spirits, ancestral spirits, mana, sorcery, taboo
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Males of diminutive stature
runts · shrimps · pipsqueaks · lightweights · little guys
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Males of diminutive stature
nobodies · small fry · nonentities · underlings · peons
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