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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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