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Noun svengali has 2 senses

• svengali(n = noun.person) - someone (usually maleficent) who tries to persuade or force another person to do his bidding;
is a kind of inducer, persuader

• svengali(n = noun.person) - the musician in a novel by George du Maurier who controls Trilby's singing hypnotically;
is a kind of character, fictional character, fictitious character

THESAURUS

svengali

Mesmer, Rasputin, VIP, access, bad influence, big wheel, court, eminence grise, five-percenter, friend at court, good influence, gray eminence, heavyweight, hidden hand, hypnotist, hypnotizer, influence, influence peddler, influencer, ingroup, key, kingmaker, lobby, lobbyist, lords of creation, man of influence, manipulator, mesmerizer, open sesame, powers that be, pressure group, sinister influence, special interests, special-interest group, the Establishment, very important person, wheeler-dealer, wire-puller

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