Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun eminence_grise

1 sense of eminence grise

Sense 1
eminence grise -- ((French) a person who exercises power or influence in certain areas without holding an official position; "the President's wife is an eminence grise in matters of education")
       => important person, influential person, personage -- (a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events)