dignitary (n.)

• baron
• bigwig
• brass
• celebrity
• chief
• dignity
• elder
• eminence
• father
• figure
• high-muck-a-muck
• higher-up
• hotshot
• interests
• lion
• luminary
• magnate
• mogul
• nabob
• name
• notability
• notable
• official
• panjandrum
• personage
• personality
• power
• sachem
• somebody
• something
• star
• superstar
• tycoon
• worthy