"wirepuller" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From wire + puller, suggesting the operator of a puppet; compare pull strings.",
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          "ref": "1908, Winston Churchill, Letter to his fianceé Clementine:",
          "text": "'Filled with old doddering peers, cute financial magnates, clever wirepullers, big brewers with bulbous noses. All the enemies of progress are there — weaklings, sleek, slug, comfortable, self-important individuals.",
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          "ref": "1919, Foreign Affairs: A Monthly Digest and Interpretation:",
          "text": "[…] there lies, alas, the tragedy of the millions of lives immolated by the ignorant peoples as the price paid for the deception practised upon them by the Imperialistic wirepullers.",
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        "(informal, idiomatic) A person who exercises an influence on others that is felt but not seen."
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          "ref": "1908, Winston Churchill, Letter to his fianceé Clementine:",
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          "text": "[…] there lies, alas, the tragedy of the millions of lives immolated by the ignorant peoples as the price paid for the deception practised upon them by the Imperialistic wirepullers.",
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