Usually means: Influential, impactful person in field.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word heavy hitter:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. heavy hitter: Merriam-Webster
  2. heavy hitter: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. heavy hitter: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. heavy hitter: Collins English Dictionary
  5. heavy hitter: Vocabulary.com
  6. heavy-hitter, heavy hitter: Wordnik
  7. heavy-hitter, heavy hitter: Wiktionary
  8. heavy hitter: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. heavy-hitter, heavy hitter: Dictionary.com
  10. The Heavy Hitter: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. heavy hitter: Rhymezone
  12. heavy hitter: FreeDictionary.org
  13. heavy hitter: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. heavy hitter: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. heavy hitter: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. heavy hitter: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (heavy hitter)

noun:  (baseball) A player with a favorable batting average who is especially good at hitting the ball deep into the outfield or farther.
noun:  (sports, by extension) In any sport, a strong, physical player who is particularly effective.
noun:  (idiomatic) A person of considerable importance who is a major decision maker or capable achiever; an especially significant organization or an especially functional object.

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