Higher-up

2 definitions found

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

  higher-up \high"er-up"\, n.
     A superior officer or official; a person having greater rank
     or station or quality than others; -- used chiefly in pl.
     [Slang]
  
     Syn: superior, superordinate.


          [Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  higher-up
       n : one of greater rank or station or quality [syn: {superior},
           {superordinate}] [ant: {inferior}]