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power broker

power broker noun: a person or group having the ability to influence important decisions, especially in public policy, politics, and business.

Noun

power broker (plural power brokers)

  1. A person or group having the ability to influence important decisions, especially in public policy, politics, and business.
    • In France, a near-revolution by students and workers came close to toppling Charles de Gaulle in May; its economic aftermath in November almost certainly discredited forever Gaullism's vaunted role as the power broker of Europe.1969 January 3, “Men of the Year”, in Time
    • Gen Ali Murtopo—vice chairman of Indonesia's Supreme Advisory Council, former information minister, a major power broker in and out of the army—declared after a meeting with the president that the killings were justified.1988, Lewis B. Ware et al., Low-Intensity Conflict in the Third World,, Air Univ. Press, →ISBN, page 139

Forms of power broker

pluralpower brokers
alternative formpower-broker

Origin of power broker

From power + broker.

Questions about power broker

What does power broker mean?
Power broker means a person or group having the ability to influence important decisions, especially in public policy, politics, and business.
What part of speech is power broker?
Power broker is a noun.
What is the plural of power broker?
The plural of power broker is power brokers.

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