Dignitary
Dignitary noun - An important or influential (and often overbearing) person.
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General Craig is rarely 100% professional, except when there's a foreign dignitary or an inspection.
Source: Series / Major Dad - The British general Sir Charles Napier, during his deployment in India in the 1840s, attended the funeral pyre of a local dignitary, when he, to his horror, saw the wife of the deceased being led onto the pyre.
Source: Appeal to Tradition
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