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someone (usually maleficent) who tries to persuade or force another person to do their bidding

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