"power behind the throne" meaning in English

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          "name": "Corruption",
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            "Criminal law",
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            "Law",
            "All topics",
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            "Fundamental"
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "en:People",
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            "Fundamental"
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      "glosses": [
        "Someone who appears to be without special status, but who has great covert influence on a person in authority."
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          "status",
          "status"
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          "covert",
          "covert"
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        [
          "influence",
          "influence"
        ],
        [
          "authority",
          "authority"
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        "(idiomatic) Someone who appears to be without special status, but who has great covert influence on a person in authority."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "éminence grise"
        },
        {
          "word": "power broker"
        },
        {
          "word": "powers that be"
        },
        {
          "word": "deep state"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "someone who has great covert influence",
          "word": "幕後掌權者"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "mùhòu zhǎngquán zhě",
          "sense": "someone who has great covert influence",
          "word": "幕后掌权者"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "someone who has great covert influence",
          "word": "harmaa eminenssi"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "someone who has great covert influence",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "éminence grise"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "séryj kardinál",
          "sense": "someone who has great covert influence",
          "word": "се́рый кардина́л"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "someone who has great covert influence",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "poder detrás del trono"
        }
      ]
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    },
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        "plural"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "éminence grise"
    },
    {
      "word": "power broker"
    },
    {
      "word": "powers that be"
    },
    {
      "word": "deep state"
    }
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        ],
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          "covert",
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        ],
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          "influence"
        ],
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          "authority",
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        ]
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        "(idiomatic) Someone who appears to be without special status, but who has great covert influence on a person in authority."
      ],
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "someone who has great covert influence",
      "word": "幕後掌權者"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "mùhòu zhǎngquán zhě",
      "sense": "someone who has great covert influence",
      "word": "幕后掌权者"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "someone who has great covert influence",
      "word": "harmaa eminenssi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "someone who has great covert influence",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "éminence grise"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "séryj kardinál",
      "sense": "someone who has great covert influence",
      "word": "се́рый кардина́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "someone who has great covert influence",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "poder detrás del trono"
    }
  ],
  "word": "power behind the throne"
}