Highflier

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Highflier \High"fli`er\, n.
     1. One who is extravagant in pretensions, opinions, or
        manners; one who is highfaluting. --Swift.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
     2. a person of great ability and ambition. [WordNet sense 1]


  
     Syn: highflyer.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  highflier
       n : a person of great ability and ambition [syn: {highflyer}]