Big Five

noun

, History/Historical.

the United States, Great Britain, France, Italy, and Japan during World War I and at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919.
(after World War II) the United States, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, China, and France.

Big Five

the five countries considered to be the major world powers. In the period immediately following World War II, the US, Britain, the Soviet Union, China, and France were regarded as the Big Five
the lion, the elephant, the rhinoceros, the buffalo, and the leopard: considered to be the five principal African wild animals, esp as sought by those on safari
AlsoBig FourBig Three a small powerful group, as of banks, companies, etc

Later the breech locks and sights are added, and the big five-inch, 40-caliber naval gun is ready to go into action.

Then he took out four big five-franc pieces from the cash drawer, and the two friends pocketed the money.

Joyce drew a star on the kitchen calendar, over the date on which they expected Lloyd to arrive; a big five-pointed red star.

Jim crawled into the front seat, Ephraim occupying the big five-passenger compartment in the rear.

There were nut-trees and almond-trees, and apricots, and fig-trees with their big five-fingered leaves.

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