wirepuller
Americannoun
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a person or thing that pulls wires.
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a person who uses secret means to direct and control the actions of others, especially for selfish ends; intriguer.
noun
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Etymology
Origin of wirepuller
1825–30, wire + puller ( def. )
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He is seen to be a cold-blooded international tycoon and wirepuller, whose “digger” image is wholly cynical and whose global ruthlessness is a matter for shame.
From BusinessWeek ● Jul. 29, 2011
He was known as a "wirepuller," and the other wire-pullers of his party used to meet in his office and discuss matters.
From Beauty and the Beast, and Tales of Home by Bayard Taylor
I have never done anything; I have never been a doer, a canvasser, a wirepuller, a manager, in the ordinary sense of these words.
From My Autobiography A Fragment by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller
O hero amongst men, as a wooden doll is made to move its limbs by the wirepuller, so are creatures made to work by the Lord of all.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Vana Parva, Part 1 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
When, in course of time, he exchanged the functions of physician in ordinary for those of wirepuller in ordinary, he found that the time passed in medical study had not been thrown away.
From Lectures and Essays by Goldwin Smith
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