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.
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Origin of wirepuller
1825–30, wire + puller ( def. )
Example Sentences
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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
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 Smith, Goldwin
Occupation in peace, with a reduced establishment, was not easy to get, and his brother, an inveterate wirepuller, must needs know to whose favor Nelson owed it.
From The Life of Nelson, Volume 1 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)
The sovereigns whose wirepuller he was were constitutional, and themselves exercised practically very little influence on the course of events.
From Lectures and Essays by Smith, Goldwin
He had become the Prince's Secretary, and in Leopold's own words "the most valued physician of his soul and body"—wirepuller, in fact, to the destined wirepuller of Royalty in general.
From Lectures and Essays by Smith, Goldwin
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