'Highflier' definitions:

Definition of 'highflier'

(from WordNet)
noun
A person of great ability and ambition [syn: highflier, highflyer]

Definition of 'Highflier'

From: 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]