eminence grise

(eg. vexed, literature, butterfly )

eminence grise Meaning of "eminence grise"

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Definition(s):

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

Usage(s):

  1. However, as the Pope's conservative eminence grise, the Cardinal is also one of the most despised men in Catholicism.
  2. The confusion is compounded because there is no economic eminence grise in the Carter Administration.
  3. If there is an eminence grise among living American artists, that man is Clyfford Still.
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