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    [Noun]  | "émi*nence grise" | \ ā-mē-näⁿs-ˈgrēz \


    1: a confidential agent; especially : one exercising unsuspected or unofficial power

    2: a respected authority; specifically : elder statesman


    Origin: 1925 ;

     Borrowed from French, literally, "gray eminence," nickname of Père Joseph (François du Tremblay) †1638 French monk and diplomat, confidant of Cardinal Richelieu who was known as Éminence Rouge "red eminence"; from the colors of their respective habits;

    [Noun]  | "éminence grise" 


    1: the senior member of a group;


      * e.g., " ... the revered éminence grise of Civil War historians "





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