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  1. French `grey eminence'. a power behind a
  2. throne; that is, a manipulator of power
  3. without immediate responsibility. The
  4. nickname was originally applied (because of
  5. his grey cloak) to the French monk Francois
  6. Leclerc du Tremblay (1577-1638), also known
  7. as Pere Joseph, who in 1612 became the close
  8. friend and behind-the-scenes adviser of
  9. Cardinal Richelieu.
  10.