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wire-puller

noun as in gray eminence

noun as in power broker

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Yet, though ostensibly free, these local bodies are practically in the power of the political wire-puller, or cacique.

In the language of the political wire-puller, it affords them a good "cry" with which to go to the people.

He is at court now, working for the king of the ward—assistant chief wire-puller, or something.

Place, therefore, acted as a most efficient wire-puller, but had no ambition to leave his shop to make speeches on the hustings.

Francis Place was the wire-puller, to whose energy was due the abolition of the Conspiracy Laws in 1824.

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On this page you'll find 15 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to wire-puller, such as: behind-the-scenes operator, eminence grise, friend at court, hidden hand, kingmaker, and powerbroker.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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