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Svengali Definition


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Svengali
noun
    Svengalis
    1. Someone who can exert great control or influence over someone else, usually for some evil or sinister reason or purpose.
Etymology: Early 20c: the name of a character in the George Du Maurier novel Trilby (1894) who is a musician and hypnotist.



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