Wire-puller, wirepuller n. One who pulls the wires, as of a puppet; hence, one who uses secret influence (i.e. pulls wires or strings) for his own ends; an intriguer. "Political wire-pullers and convention packers."
... Bonner from a front seat, thus signalizing that astute wire-puller's definite choice of a place in the bandwagon. "Tell us what ... — The Brown Mouse • Herbert Quick
... recent debates in the House of Commons one can see every stock trick of the wire-puller in operation. Particularly we have the old dodge of the man who is "in theory quite in sympathy with Proportional Representation, but ..." It is, he declares regretfully, too late. It will cause delay. Difficult to make arrangements. ... — In The Fourth Year - Anticipations of a World Peace (1918) • H.G. Wells
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