EMINENCE GRISE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

(French) a person who exercises power or influence in certain areas without holding an official position

Example:

the President's wife is an eminence grise in matters of education

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("eminence grise" is a kind of...):

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

Domain usage:

French (the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France)