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eminence grise

DEFINITIONS OF: eminence grise

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n (French) a person who exercises power or influence in certain areas without holding an official position

“the President's wife is an eminence grise in matters of education”
Type of:
important person, influential person, personage
a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events
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