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noun
    éminences grises
    1. A person who has great influence over a ruler or government, etc, without occupying an official position of power.
Etymology: 17c: French, literally ‘grey eminence', first applied to Père Joseph, private secretary to Cardinal Richelieu (1585‐1642).



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