Sir Humphrey

Noun

Meaning

Sir Humphrey (plural Sir Humphreys)

(UK) A high-ranking bureaucrat, particularly one who is elitist and deliberately obscure.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Sir Humphrey Davy Abominated gravy. He lived in the odium Of having discovered sodium. Edmund Clerihew Bentley

The principles upon which a safety lamp might be constructed I stated to several persons long before Sir Humphrey Davy came into this part of the country. George Stephenson

Close letter words and terms

Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim Sir Howard Walter Florey Sir Humphrey Davy Sir Humphrey Gilbert Sir Isaac Newton