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POWER BROKER

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Dictionary entry overview: What does power broker mean?

• POWER BROKER (noun)
The noun POWER BROKER has 1 sense:

1. a person who is important by virtue of the people or votes they control

Familiarity information: POWER BROKER used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• POWER BROKER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A person who is important by virtue of the people or votes they control

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

power broker; powerbroker

Context example:

a power broker who does you a favor will expect you to return it

Hypernyms ("power broker" is a kind of...):

important person; influential person; personage (a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events)

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