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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
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PRONUNCIATION:  chz
NOUN: Slang An important person. Often used in the phrase big cheese.
ETYMOLOGY:Perhaps from Urdu chz, thing, from Persian, from Old Persian *ci-ciy, something. See kwo- in Appendix I.
 
 
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