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Svengali

noun
1.
Someone (usually maleficent) who tries to persuade or force another person to do his bidding.
2.
The musician in a novel by George du Maurier who controls Trilby's singing hypnotically.





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"Svengali" Quotes from Famous Books



... it just as you knew how to become a prima donna," said Cassandra. "I am, however, my own Svengali, which is rather preferable to the patent detachable hypnotizer you had. I hypnotize myself, and direct my mind into the future. I was a professional forecaster in the days of ancient Troy, and if my revelations had ...
— The Pursuit of the House-Boat • John Kendrick Bangs


Words linked to "Svengali" :   inducer, fictional character, fictitious character, persuader, character


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