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WIRE-PULLER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wire-puller mean? 

WIRE-PULLER (noun)
  The noun WIRE-PULLER has 1 sense:

1. one who uses secret influence (i.e. pulls wires or strings) for his own endsplay

  Familiarity information: WIRE-PULLER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WIRE-PULLER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

One who uses secret influence (i.e. pulls wires or strings) for his own ends

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("wire-puller" is a kind of...):

hustler; operator; wheeler dealer (a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties)


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