éminence grise
émi·nence grise (ā mē näns grēz′)
Etymology: Fr, lit., gray eminence, nickname of François Leclerc du Tremblay (1577-1638), Fr monk and confidential agent of, and an assumed influence over, Richelieu: so named from the color of his habit
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