Associations to the word «Highflier»
Wiktionary
HIGHFLIER, noun. A person who or a type of aircraft that flies at high elevations.
HIGHFLIER, noun. (idiomatic) An ambitious person, especially one who takes risks or has an extravagant lifestyle.
Dictionary definition
HIGHFLIER, noun. A person of great ability and ambition.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.