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powerbroker in American English (ˈpauərˌbroukər) nouna person who wields great political, governmental, or financial power Word origin [1960–65, Amer.; power + broker]Examples of 'powerbroker' in a sentencepowerbroker She has become an east-west powerbroker.Up in the smart seats, smiles spread across the faces of the club's powerbrokers.This mixes feminism with funny, cool with competent, self-deprecating with powerbroker.Clearly, this has not gone unnoticed by the sport's powerbrokers.He would have had no interest in the institutional backdrop or invisible powerbrokers.Frenzied last-minute negotiations continued yesterday between a number of regional powerbrokers.Beneath this network of powerbrokers we struggle to learn what actually drives change.Even though he is such a powerbroker, friends and colleagues remain protective. |