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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
éminence grise
 
SYLLABICATION:ém·i·nence grise
PRONUNCIATION:  -m-näs grz
NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. ém·i·nence grises (  -m-näs grz)
A powerful adviser or decision-maker who operates secretly or unofficially. Also called gray eminence.
ETYMOLOGY:French, the power behind the throne : éminence, power + grise, feminine of gris, gray, shadowy.
 
 
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