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"masculine"
],
"word": "Bonze"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "most important person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Nummer eins"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "most important person",
"word": "fejes"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "most important person",
"word": "góré"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "most important person",
"word": "nagykutya"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "most important person",
"word": "gembong"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "most important person",
"word": "manda-chuva"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "centrálʹnaja figúra",
"sense": "most important person",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "центра́льная фигу́ра"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vážnoje licó",
"sense": "most important person",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ва́жное лицо́"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "most important person",
"word": "jefazo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "most important person",
"word": "mandamás"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "most important person",
"word": "stöttepelare"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"kingpin"
],
"word": "kingpin"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (4d5d0bb and edd475d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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