faceless man
English
Etymology
Coined by Australian journalist Alan Reid in 1963 in The Daily Telegraph.
Noun
faceless man (plural faceless men)
- (Australian politics, informal) Someone who is not elected to political office, but exerts power over political affairs from behind the scenes.
See also
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