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POWER BROKER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does power broker mean?
• POWER BROKER (noun)
The noun POWER BROKER has 1 sense:
1. a person who is important by virtue of the people or votes they control
Familiarity information: POWER BROKER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who is important by virtue of the people or votes they control
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
power broker; powerbroker
Context example:
a power broker who does you a favor will expect you to return it
Hypernyms ("power broker" is a kind of...):
important person; influential person; personage (a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events)
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