Wire-puller

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  wirepuller \wirepuller\, Wire-puller \Wire"-pull`er\, n.
     One who pulls the wires, as of a puppet; hence, one who uses
     secret influence (i.e. pulls wires or strings) for his own
     ends; an intriguer.
     [1913 Webster]
  


           Political wire-pullers and convention packers.
                                                    --Lowell.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wire-puller
       n : one who uses secret influence (i.e. pulls wires or strings)
           for his own ends