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English noun: Svengali

1. Svengali (person) someone (usually maleficent) who tries to persuade or force another person to do his bidding


Broader (hypernym)inducer, persuader

2. Svengali (person) the musician in a novel by George du Maurier who controls Trilby's singing hypnotically


Instance hypernymcharacter, fictional character, fictitious character









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