English

Alternative forms

• grass tops

Adjective

grasstops ‎(not comparable)

1. (idiomatic) Of, related to, or involving local influential figures.

Noun

grasstops

1. plural of grasstop

grasstops ‎(plurale tantum)

1. People in a position of power or influence at a local level.
   • 2010, Wendell Potter, Deadly Spin: An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on How Corporate PR IS Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans, Bloomsbury Press (2010), ISBN 9781608192816, page 35:

     Or, when just the 'grasstops' are needed, we recruit just a few of a target's key friends or contributors to join us.

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:grasstops.