wirepuller

[ wahyuh r-poo l-er ]

/ ˈwaɪərˌpʊl ər /

a person or thing that pulls wires.

a person who uses secret means to direct and control the actions of others, especially for selfish ends; intriguer.

snake(def 3b).

Origin of wirepuller

1825–30, Americanism; wire + puller

Monroe gave him a piece of paper, and the wire-puller began to make his calculations.

Outward Bound |Oliver Optic
But now all that was changed, and the personality of Bhagwan Singh's English wire-puller had for him a sinister significance.

A Traitor's Wooing |Headon Hill
It required all the skill of Bolingbroke, the wire-puller of the Opposition, to induce the two parties to unite in the assault.

A History of England, Period III. |Rev. J. Franck Bright
"It was very astute of me, or of the wire-puller above us, to postpone my fit until the very moment you were with me," he said.

Atlantis |Gerhart Hauptmann

"When I made the engagement, I did not know that you had become a wire-puller," he wrote briefly, in making his excuse.

Catholic World, Vol. XIII, April to September, 1871 |Various

wirepuller

/ (ˈwaɪəˌpʊlə) /

mainly US and Canadian a person who uses private or secret influence for his own ends

wirepulling, noun