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English Dictionary: wire-puller by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wire-puller
n
  1. one who uses secret influence (i.e. pulls wires or strings) for his own ends
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wire-puller \Wire"-pull`er\, n.
      One who pulls the wires, as of a puppet; hence, one who
      operates by secret means; an intriguer.
  
               Political wire-pullers and convention packers.
                                                                              --Lowell.
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