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Very Important Person

Definition: Very Important Person

Very Important Person

Noun

1. An important or influential (and often overbearing) person.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 



Specialty Definitions: Very Important Person

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Language

(very important person) a person of considerable influence or prestige; esp: a high official receiving special privileges. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Very Important Person

Synonyms: dignitary (n), high muckamuck (n), high-up (n), panjandrum (n). (additional references)

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Modern Usage: Very Important Person

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Movie/TV Titles

Very Important Person (1961)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Very Important Person

DomainTitle

Books

  • Vip: The Very Important Person Note Book (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Modern Translations: Very Important Person

Language Translations for "very important person"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Dutch

  

helikopter voor vervoer van V.I.P. (very important person transport helicopter, VIP transport helicopter). (various references)

   

French

  

personne de marque, personnage important, grosse légume, gros bonnet, dignitaire. (various references)

   

German

  

Schrauber mit VIP Einrichtung (very important person transport helicopter, VIP transport helicopter). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ελικόπτερο πολύ σημαντικών προσώπων (very important person transport helicopter, VIP transport helicopter). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

magas beosztású személy (vip). (various references)

   

Italian

  

elicottero per trasporto VIP (very important person transport helicopter, VIP transport helicopter). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

"ット毎 (bidet, bit-wise, coccyx, VCR, VD, video, video art, video camcorder, video camera, video cassette recorder, Video CassetteRecorder, video clip, video engineer, video game, video hall, video journalist, video magazine, video meter, Video Research Ltd., video shop, video soft, video tape recorder, videocassette, videodisc, videogenic, video-tape, videotex, VIP). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

"ップ (VIP). (various references)

   

Manx

  

persoon feer scanshoil. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eryvay importantay ersonpay

   

Portuguese

  

pessoa importante (big shot, bigwig, importation, kingfish, mulatto, notable, vip). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

vrlo važna persona (v.i.p.), veoma važna osoba (v.i.p.). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

personaje (character, hero, heroin, heroine, nob, notable, personage, vip), persona muy importante (vip). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Very Important Person

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-e-i-m-n-n-o-o-p-p-r-r-r-s-t-t-v-y"

-3 letters: reapportionments.

-4 letters: reapportionment.

-5 letters: apportionments, nonproprietary, reappointments.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Very Important Person


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

56 65 72 79      49 6D 70 6F 72 74 61 6E 74      50 65 72 73 6F 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010110 01100101 01110010 01111001 00100000 01001001 01101101 01110000 01101111 01110010 01110100 01100001 01101110 01110100 00100000 01010000 01100101 01110010 01110011 01101111 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#86 &#101 &#114 &#121 &#32 &#73 &#109 &#112 &#111 &#114 &#116 &#97 &#110 &#116 &#32 &#80 &#101 &#114 &#115 &#111 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0056 0065 0072 0079      0049 006D 0070 006F 0072 0074 0061 006E 0074      0050 0065 0072 0073 006F 006E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5671849124379828184866780862507184858180

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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