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wirepuller
[ wahyuhr-pool-er ]
noun
- a person or thing that pulls wires.
- a person who uses secret means to direct and control the actions of others, especially for selfish ends; intriguer.
wirepuller
/ ˈ·É²¹ÉªÉ™ËŒ±èÊŠ±ôÉ™ /
noun
- a person who uses private or secret influence for his own ends
Derived Forms
- ˈ·É¾±°ù±ðËŒ±è³Ü±ô±ô¾±²Ô²µ, noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of wirepuller1
Example Sentences
He is seen to be a cold-blooded international tycoon and wirepuller, whose “digger†image is wholly cynical and whose global ruthlessness is a matter for shame.
He called Johnson a "scheming wirepuller" who ought to rename the White House the "White wash House."
I have never done anything; I have never been a doer, a canvasser, a wirepuller, a manager, in the ordinary sense of these words.
“You were lucky to have such an attractive wirepuller,†I frigidly announced.
Occupation in peace, with a reduced establishment, was not easy to get, and his brother, an inveterate wirepuller, must needs know to whose favor Nelson owed it.
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