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Highflyer

noun
1.
A person of great ability and ambition.  Synonym: highflier.






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"Highflyer" Quotes from Famous Books



... civil," said Wylie, "I tell you all the ways you have told me are too suspicious. Our governor is a highflyer. He pays like a prince, and, in return, he must not be blown on, if it is ever so little. 'Wylie,' says he, 'a breath of suspicion would kill me.' 'Make it so much,' says I, 'and that breath shall never blow on you. No, no, skipper; none of those ways will do for us; ...
— Foul Play • Charles Reade

... this, he instantly ordered such a palace to be built at once. And as soon as all was ready, the highflyer made two pairs of wings—one for himself and the other for Malandrach—and he began to teach the Tsarevich to fly in this hall, fastening the wings on to himself and Malandrach; and when he left ...
— The Russian Garland - being Russian Falk Tales • Various



Words linked to "Highflyer" :   succeeder, success, winner, achiever



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