Word Of The Day éminence grise ay-mee-nahnss-GREEZ DEFINITION noun 1: a confidential agent; especially : one exercising unsuspected or unofficial power 2: a respected authority; specifically : an elder statesman EXAMPLES The seminar will be taught by a revered éminence grise of Civil War historians. "At 95, pediatrician T. Berry Brazelton ranks as the éminence grise of infant and child development, with countless parenting books to his credit." — From an article by Laura Landro in the Wall Street Journal, May 14, 2013.
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